'overwhelming' definitions:
Definition of 'overwhelming'
(from WordNet)
adjective
So strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority" [syn: overpowering, overwhelming]
adjective
Very intense; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy" [syn: consuming, overwhelming]
Synonyms of 'overwhelming'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- adducible,
- admissible,
- agitating,
- amazing,
- astonishing,
- astounding,
- attestative,
- attestive,
- authentic,
- awe-inspiring,
- awesome,
- based on,
- bewildering,
- breathtaking,
- burdensome,
- certain,
- charged,
- circumstantial,
- cliff-hanging,
- conclusive,
- confounding,
- convincing,
- crushing,
- cumulative,
- damning,
- decisive,
- determinative,
- devastating,
- disquieting,
- distracting,
- disturbing,
- documentary,
- documented,
- electric,
- evidential,
- evidentiary,
- ex parte,
- exciting,
- exhilarating,
- eye-opening,
- eye-witness,
- factual,
- final,
- firsthand,
- formidable,
- founded on,
- galvanic,
- grounded on,
- heady,
- hearsay,
- heart-expanding,
- heart-stirring,
- heart-swelling,
- heart-thrilling,
- impenetrable,
- implicit,
- impregnable,
- impressive,
- incontestable,
- incontrovertible,
- indicative,
- indisputable,
- indomitable,
- inexpugnable,
- inflammatory,
- insuperable,
- intoxicating,
- invincible,
- inviolable,
- invulnerable,
- irrefutable,
- irresistible,
- jarring,
- jolting,
- maddening,
- material,
- mind-blowing,
- mind-boggling,
- monumental,
- moving,
- nuncupative,
- overcoming,
- overmastering,
- overmatching,
- overpowering,
- perturbing,
- piquant,
- presumptive,
- probative,
- prodigious,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- ravishing,
- reliable,
- resistless,
- significant,
- soul-stirring,
- spectacular,
- spirit-stirring,
- staggering,
- startling,
- stimulating,
- stimulative,
- stirring,
- striking,
- stunning,
- stupefying,
- suggestive,
- sure,
- surprising,
- suspenseful,
- suspensive,
- symptomatic,
- tantalizing,
- telling,
- thrilling,
- thrilly,
- troubling,
- unassailable,
- unbearable,
- unbeatable,
- unconquerable,
- uncontrollable,
- unendurable,
- unsettling,
- unsubduable,
- unsurmountable,
- unyielding,
- upsetting,
- valid,
- weighty