Synonyms for overall
ˈoʊ vərˈɔl; ˈoʊ vərˌɔlover·all

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1. overallnoun

   (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)

   Synonyms:
   boilersuit, boilers suit

   Antonyms:
   specific, net, nett

2. overall, boilersuit, boilers suitadjective

   a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work

   Synonyms:
   boilersuit, boilers suit

   Antonyms:
   nett, specific, net

3. overalladjective

   involving only main features

   "the overall pattern of his life"

   Antonyms:
   specific, nett, net

4. overalladjective

   including everything

   "the overall cost"

   Antonyms:
   net, nett, specific

Matched Categories

1. • Work-clothing

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1. List of paraphrases for "overall":

   general, comprehensive, global, total, generally, holistic, aggregate, whole, overarching, globally, comprehensively, all-round, consolidated, together, broadly, entire, across, broad, globale, full, headline, overview, ensemble

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1. Anita McBride:

   Establishing a university was a commitment to Higher Education but also a recognition of the talent in the country. The Anita McBride government wanted to educate them in their country. The US government took wrestling with OMB and USAID to get it funded, but The US government got done, mrs. Bush's presiding over The US government was essentially underscoring that education was important to the overall focus of rebuilding of Afghanistan.

2. Eva Longoria:

   Huffman's lawyers argued that the sentencing guidelines in those cases were much higher and reserved for the mastermind of schemes, not mere participants. Prosecutors, meanwhile, had argued that universities and testing companies were the victims of the schemes, and the amount that parents paid should correspond to the penalties' severity.But US Probation and Pretrial Services, which prepares pre-sentence investigation reports for each defendant, has argued overall, that the universities and testing companies suffered no monetary harm, and the price of the parents' bribes is therefore not relevant to any sentences. Actress Felicity Huffman loved ones wrote letters of support to the judgeMacy and other loved ones submitted letters to Judge Indira Talwani on Huffman's behalf, pleading for leniency. Each letter outlined Huffman's loyalty and commitment to the writer — an attempt to show Actress Felicity Huffman role in the admissions scam was an outlier in Actress Felicity Huffman life. Macy also shed some light on the immediate aftermath of Huffman's early morning arrest by the FBI in March.Two days after the arrest, Macy wrote, their eldest daughter was headed for an audition at a school she had her heart set on — one that didn't require SAT scores. But when Actress Felicity Huffman got off the plane, the school emailed Actress Felicity Huffman, formally rescinding its audition invitation because of the scandal. Eva Longoria and other celebrities write letters of support for actress Felicity Huffman ahead of Eva Longoria sentencingMacy wrote Eva Longoria and other celebrities daughter.

3. Mark Zandi:

   Supercore inflation is still way too hot, but it has begun to cool off, and all signs point to it and overall inflation getting back to something more comfortable over the coming 12-18 months.

4. Shannon Novosad:

   Overall for Hispanic patients after adjusting for other factors, we found a 40% higher risk of bloodstream infection for that group.

5. Chet Thompson:

   If these tariffs take hold, particularly if they're able to get up to 25%, that could really impact the overall competitiveness of the U.S. refining industry.