Synonyms for overhead
ˈoʊ vərˈhɛd; ˈoʊ vərˌhɛdover·head

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1. operating expense, operating cost, overhead, budget itemsnoun

   the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes

   Synonyms:
   command processing overhead, budget items, command processing overhead time, command overhead, operating cost, operating expense, smash, disk overhead, viewgraph

   Antonyms:
   surface, underground, submarine, undersea, subsurface, opencut, opencast, underwater, submerged, submersed, grade-constructed, aboveground, belowground, subterranean, subterraneous

2. command processing overhead time, command processing overhead, command overhead, overheadnoun

   (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command

   Synonyms:
   command processing overhead, budget items, command processing overhead time, command overhead, operating cost, operating expense, smash, disk overhead, viewgraph

   Antonyms:
   aboveground, subsurface, belowground, opencast, underground, submarine, undersea, subterraneous, opencut, surface, submerged, grade-constructed, underwater, submersed, subterranean

3. disk overhead, overheadnoun

   (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing

   Synonyms:
   command processing overhead, budget items, command processing overhead time, command overhead, operating cost, operating expense, smash, disk overhead, viewgraph

   Antonyms:
   surface, submerged, underwater, subterraneous, submarine, subterranean, opencut, aboveground, subsurface, underground, grade-constructed, opencast, submersed, undersea, belowground

4. viewgraph, overheadnoun

   a transparency for use with an overhead projector

   Synonyms:
   command processing overhead, budget items, command processing overhead time, command overhead, operating cost, operating expense, smash, disk overhead, viewgraph

   Antonyms:
   undersea, opencast, submarine, submerged, surface, grade-constructed, subterranean, opencut, underwater, subsurface, submersed, belowground, subterraneous, underground, aboveground

5. overheadnoun

   (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship

   Synonyms:
   command processing overhead, budget items, command processing overhead time, command overhead, viewgraph, operating cost, operating expense, smash, disk overhead

   Antonyms:
   subterranean, opencut, underground, underwater, undersea, submersed, aboveground, submerged, belowground, grade-constructed, surface, submarine, opencast, subsurface, subterraneous

6. overhead, smashadjective

   a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

   Synonyms:
   crash, command overhead, operating cost, bang, operating expense, strike, viewgraph, command processing overhead, smash-up, belt, knock, smasher, budget items, command processing overhead time, hit, disk overhead, bash, smash

   Antonyms:
   submarine, opencast, submersed, underwater, submerged, grade-constructed, subterranean, surface, belowground, aboveground, subterraneous, underground, subsurface, undersea, opencut

7. overheadadverb

   located or originating from above

   "an overhead crossing"

   Antonyms:
   undersea, opencut, underwater, submarine, underground, submerged, surface, opencast, subsurface, subterraneous, grade-constructed, belowground, aboveground, subterranean, submersed

8. overheadadverb

   above your head; in the sky

   "planes were flying overhead"

   Antonyms:
   underwater, opencast, underground, submarine, subsurface, opencut, belowground, subterraneous, undersea, aboveground, submersed, surface, submerged, grade-constructed, subterranean

9. overheadadverb

   above the head; over the head

   "bring the legs together overhead"

   Antonyms:
   opencut, belowground, subterraneous, submersed, surface, submerged, underground, undersea, opencast, submarine, grade-constructed, underwater, aboveground, subsurface, subterranean

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1. overheadadjective

   Synonyms:
   above, aloft

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1. overheadadverb

   Synonyms:
   aloft, above

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1. List of paraphrases for "overhead":

   overheads, overload, overloading, tara, indirect, ropeway, overstretch, overloaded, elevated, indirectly, general

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1. Fire Superintendent Timothy McConnell:

   We're going to have to pull a lot of debris that's hanging overhead to get to them, but we will succeed, trust me.

2. Jeff Annison and Paul Scanlan:

   For the investors, we believe it’s a terrific time. There will be overhead of getting up to speed on the new portals, but early-adopter investors will have opportunities that may not be available as equity crowdfunding becomes more mainstream, plus the chance to gain experience that will serve them will as the ecosystem grows.

3. John Rushworth:

   The clubs get bombarded with technology solutions that disappear after a few months, my low cost of entry and overhead convinced them that I was going to stick around.

4. Ocean City:

   When East Coast Falcons professionals fly the raptors overhead, gulls know instinctively to leave an unsafe place, professional falconry-based bird abatement is a humane, effective solution for removing nuisance birds.

5. Donald Trump:

   I'm going to be here and I'm going to say a few words and we're going to have planes going overhead, the best fighter jets in the world and other planes too and we're gon na have some tanks stationed outside, you've got to be pretty careful with the tanks because the roads have a tendency not to like to carry heavy tanks so we have to put them in certain areas but we have the brand new Sherman tanks and we have the brand new Abrams tanks.