overtake

overtake is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.
2. transitive verb. To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome.
3. transitive verb. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken.
4. verb. catch up with and possibly overtake

   "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"

   Synonyms: catch

5. verb. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

   Synonyms: overcome, overpower, overwhelm, whelm

6. verb. travel past

   "The sports car passed all the trucks"

   Synonyms: overhaul, pass

Synonyms

catch, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, whelm, overhaul, pass

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in overtake:

takeover

Common word forms

overtaker, overtakes, overtaking

Words from these letters

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