Mount
Overcome
Overcome verb - To achieve a victory over.
Mount and overcome are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mount" instead a verb "Overcome".
Nearby Word: overcoming
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| challenge | mount challenge | overcome challenge |
| resistance | mount resistance | overcome resistance |
Both words in one sentence
- Frodo resists the lure of the Ring and the terrifying presence of Sauron...until he gets to Mount Doom, where he's finally overcome and refuses to destroy it.
Source: Heroic Willpower -
The story ends with the Shield sitting on a cliff on Mount Everest, watching the sun get bigger and bigger and redder and redder in the sky, hoping that this time, he's finally found something that's powerful enough to overcome his power, and dreadfully fearful of what will happen if it isn't.
Source: Who Wants to Live Forever?
Cite this Source
Overcome and Mount. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mount/overcome
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