Competition
Synonyms for overcome
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
win a victory over
You must overcome all difficulties.
The true synonym
defeat
Same sentence, swapped: You must defeat all difficulties.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for overcome as it is used in the sentence above.
- overtake
- sweep
- carry
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Closest first: other competition words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
avengeverbrevengetake revenge for a perceived wrongTreelinecombatverbbattlebattle or contend against in or as if in a battleTreelineHas a reason lineenterverbparticipatebecome a participantTreelineHas a reason lineopposeverbfightfight against or resist stronglyTreelineHas a reason linepeltverbpepperattack and bombard with or as if with missilesRidgelineHas a reason lineoccupiedadjectiveengagedhaving ones attention or mind or energy engagedTreelineoccupyverbtakeassume, as of positions or rolesTreelineHas a reason lineoffendverbbreakact in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promisesTreelineHas a reason line
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