sweep over

1. 1.

   overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

   Synonymsoverwhelmoverpowerwhelmovercomeovertake

   Broaderarouse

   Narrowerdevastateseizekillbenightknock outstaggerlock

Questions about sweep over

What does sweep over mean?

sweep over means "overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli".

What is another word for sweep over?

Close synonyms include overwhelm, overpower, whelm, overcome, overtake. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sweep over a common word?

sweep over is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.