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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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. overheadadjective

    Synonyms:
    above, aloft

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. overheadadverb

    Synonyms:
    aloft, above

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How to use overhead in a sentence?

  1. Elfrida Efi:

    It passed overhead a few times, really low, there was fire and black smoke. The third time it came by it crashed into the roof of the hotel and exploded straight away.

  2. Ashton Carter:

    We've got a lot of work to do, the taxpayer cannot comprehend it, let alone support the defense budget when they read ... of cost overruns, lack of accounting and accountability, needless overhead, and the like. This must stop.

  3. Michael James:

    People have been preconditioned to buy pullbacks for most of the last year plus, but that overhead nervousness is still there.

  4. Jen Psaki:

    Wow! There is a plane right overhead.

  5. Pascal Lee:

    The Apollo landing sites were all near the Moon’s equator, such that the Earth was almost directly overhead for the astronauts, but from the Philolaus skylights, Earth would loom just over the crater’s mountainous rim, near the horizon to the southeast.


Translations for overhead

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  • فوقArabic
  • allgemeine Unkosten, Mehraufwand, Overhead, vergeudetes Geld, darüber, oben, Überkopf-German
  • gastos generalesSpanish
  • kiinteät, taivaalla, yläpuolinen, päällä, kustannukset, yläpuolella, oleva, päänFinnish
  • frais généreuxFrench
  • rezsi, felső, fix költségHungarian
  • 間接費, オーバーヘッドJapanese
  • overheadNorwegian
  • narzutPolish
  • накладные расходы, накладной, наверхуRussian
  • hladni pogon, fiksni trošakSerbo-Croatian
  • overheadSwedish
  • genel giderlerle ilgili, genel giderler, başdan yukarıda, boşa harcanan para, yukarıda, başın üstünde, havadaTurkish
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