overcomes
Prevails against challenges
Overcomes is the third-person singular of overcome, meaning to defeat, surmount, or prevail against something challenging.
A person overcomes obstacles, fears, or adversity.
An emotion can overcome someone, overwhelming them: Grief overcame her at the funeral.
She overcomes her shyness by practicing small talk.
Overcomes or bests
- vanquishesDefeats thoroughly in conflict
- triumphsOverwhelming victories
- subduesOvercomes and controls
- mastersThose with dominion
overpowers · beats · dominates · crushes · overwhelms · surmounts · quells · suppresses
Continues despite hardship
- withstandsTolerates without yielding
- perseveresContinues despite difficulty
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
fortitude · outlasts · weathers · survives · copes · rebounds · recovers · adapts
defeats
Overcomes or bests
- vanquishesDefeats thoroughly in conflict
- triumphsOverwhelming victories
- subduesOvercomes and controls
masters · overpowers · beats · dominates · crushes · overwhelms · surmounts · quells · suppresses · overthrows
endures
Continues despite hardship
- withstandsTolerates without yielding
- perseveresContinues despite difficulty
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
tenacity · fortitude · outlasts · weathers · survives · copes · rebounds · recovers · adapts · pushes through
- successsuccess, succeeds, achievement, wins, triumph
- stunsamazes, astounds, dumbfounds, stuns, shocks
- bouncing backrebounds, springs back, snaps back, ricochets, boomerang effect
overcomessurrenders
Ceases resistance formally
yields · gives in · capitulates · gives up · submits
- overcoming fearDefeating what frightens you
- we shall overcomeCollective resolve declaration
- overcoming adversityPrevailing against difficult circumstances
- overcoming oddsSucceeding despite low probability