surmount
Rise above challenges
Surmount means to overcome or get past an obstacle or difficulty.
If you surmount a challenge, you successfully deal with it despite its difficulty: She surmounted every setback in her path to the championship.
In a more physical sense, surmount can mean to stand or be placed on top of something: A weathervane surmounted the barn.
The word carries a sense of triumph over adversity, suggesting effort and eventual success.
Move upward
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- crestHighest point or tuft
- topUppermost part or surface
climb · rise · elevate · peak · heights · mountaintop · apex · ridge
Overcome by force
- prevailTo succeed ultimately
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- defeatVictory over another
- vanquishDefeat thoroughly in conflict
overcome · persevere · endure · overpower · subdue · resilience · determination · grit
Obstruction preventing passage
- hurdleBarrier to leap over
- challengeTest of ability
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- difficultyState of being hard
hardship · adversity · setback · roadblock · obstruction · hindrance · problem · complication
Go past a limit
- transcendGo beyond limits
- outdoExceed in achievement
- eclipseCelestial body blocks another
- outstripSurpass or overtake
excel · outperform · outshine · best · top · outclass · overtake · outpace
Defeating an opponent
- dominationSupreme authority held
- subjugationForcing into submission
- vanquishDefeat thoroughly in conflict
- conquerorVictor who takes control
empire · supremacy · hegemony · colonization · annexation · occupation · invasion · sovereignty
ascend
Move upward
top · climb · rise · elevate · peak · heights · mountaintop · apex · ridge · traverse
conquer
Overcome by force
vanquish · overcome · persevere · endure · overpower · subdue · resilience · determination · grit · fortitude
barrier
Obstruction preventing passage
- hurdleBarrier to leap over
- challengeTest of ability
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
difficulty · hardship · adversity · setback · roadblock · obstruction · hindrance · problem · complication · snag
exceed
Go past a limit
outstrip · excel · outperform · outshine · best · top · outclass · overtake · outpace · overshadow
victory
Defeating an opponent
- dominationSupreme authority held
- subjugationForcing into submission
- vanquishDefeat thoroughly in conflict
conqueror · empire · supremacy · hegemony · colonization · annexation · occupation · invasion · sovereignty · expansionism
insurmountable, surmounted, surmounting, surmounts, surmountable, unsurmountable, insurmountably