Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overpower
Participle: overpowered
Gerund: overpowering
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | overpower |
| you | overpower |
| he;she;it | overpowers |
| we | overpower |
| you | overpower |
| they | overpower |
Perfect
| I | have overpowered |
| you | have overpowered |
| he;she;it | has overpowered |
| we | have overpowered |
| you | have overpowered |
| they | have overpowered |
Past
| I | overpowered |
| you | overpowered |
| he;she;it | overpowered |
| we | overpowered |
| you | overpowered |
| they | overpowered |
Pluperfect
| I | had overpowered |
| you | had overpowered |
| he;she;it | had overpowered |
| we | had overpowered |
| you | had overpowered |
| they | had overpowered |
Future
| I | will overpower |
| you | will overpower |
| he;she;it | will overpower |
| we | will overpower |
| you | will overpower |
| they | will overpower |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overpowered |
| you | will have overpowered |
| he;she;it | will have overpowered |
| we | will have overpowered |
| you | will have overpowered |
| they | will have overpowered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overpower |
| you | overpower |
| he;she;it | overpower |
| we | overpower |
| you | overpower |
| they | overpower |
Perfect
| I | have overpowered |
| you | have overpowered |
| he;she;it | have overpowered |
| we | have overpowered |
| you | have overpowered |
| they | have overpowered |
Imperfect
| I | overpowered |
| you | overpowered |
| he;she;it | overpowered |
| we | overpowered |
| you | overpowered |
| they | overpowered |
Pluperfect
| I | had overpowered |
| you | had overpowered |
| he;she;it | had overpowered |
| we | had overpowered |
| you | had overpowered |
| they | had overpowered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overpower |
| you | would overpower |
| he;she;it | would overpower |
| we | would overpower |
| you | would overpower |
| they | would overpower |
Perfect
| I | would have overpowered |
| you | would have overpowered |
| he;she;it | would have overpowered |
| we | would have overpowered |
| you | would have overpowered |
| they | would have overpowered |
Imperative
| you | overpower |
| we | Let's overpower |
| you | overpower |
Verbs conjugated like 'overpower'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overpower'
overpowder,
overtower,
overcover,
overflower,
overpeer,
overpour,
bepower,
depower,
empower,
outpower,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- defeat
- smash, beat, master, conquer, crush, overcome, overmaster, overwhelm
Antonyms
- to compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction
- overcome, overpoise, surmount, offset
- defeat
- conquest, success, mastery, advantage
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to overcome with superior power," 1593, from over + power (q.v.).
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *úp
4. Proto-Indo-European *-er
5. Proto-Indo-European *upér
6. Proto-Germanic *uber
7. Old English ofer-
8. Middle English over-
9. English over-
10. Proto-Indo-European *pótis
11. Proto-Italic *potis
12. Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-
13. Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti
14. Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-
15. Proto-Indo-European *-t
16. Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt
17. Proto-Italic *som
18. Proto-Italic *possom
19. Latin posseder.
20. Vulgar Latin potēre
21. Old French pooir
22. Anglo-Norman poerbor.
23. Middle English power
24. English power
25. English overpower
26. From over- + power.