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. Martin Garside:

   It is incredibly sad - I was literally two feet from this dead whale, it was both poignant and a bit eerie really - road traffic was thundering overhead on the busiest motorway in Britain and oblivious to all the people in the cars and lorries there was a 10-metre long beautiful whale floating dead beneath them.

2. Joseph Fleck:

   Someone yelled ‘fire’ and I look up to see the cabin filling with smoke very fast, a few passengers jumped up to open the overhead bin and saw a backpack on fire due to a battery pack that was charging a cell phone. It had basically exploded.

3. 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.

4. Michael James:

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

5. Flavio Volpe:

   I do my best work when the bullets are flying overhead.