SURMOUNTING Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

surmounting

verb

Definition of surmounting next

present participle of surmount

as in overcoming

to achieve a victory over an Olympic swimmer who surmounted endless obstacles to achieve her goals

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overcoming
defeating
mastering
taking
conquering
beating
getting
stopping
dispatching
subduing
succeeding
prevailing (over)
licking
besting
winning (against)
triumphing (over)
trimming
upending
overmatching
getting the better of
getting around
worsting
overbearing
doing down
finishing
surpassing
overwhelming
burying
exceeding
crushing
sweeping
skunking
excelling
knocking for a loop
scoring
capping
slaughtering
flattening
transcending
whipping
annihilating
upsetting
vanquishing
topping
blowing out
routing
breaking
edging (out)
clobbering
blowing away
nosing out
flourishing
bombing
overthrowing
subjugating
eclipsing
thrashing
trouncing
creaming
pipping
outdoing
skinning
unseating
outstripping
overpowering
overtopping
walloping
smoking
shellacking
outshining
outdistancing
bettering
drubbing
waxing
knocking over
knocking off
snowing under
acing (out)
outfighting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

losing (to)
falling
going down
failing
giving up
collapsing
folding
going under
flopping
flunking
washing out

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