overhead

/ˈoʊvɚhˈɛd/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

adverb

1. above your head; in the sky
   “planes were flying overhead”
2. above the head; over the head
   “bring the legs together overhead”

adjective

1. located or originating from above
   “an overhead crossing”

noun

1. 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
2. (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
3. (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing
4. a transparency for use with an overhead projector
5. (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
6. a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

Synonyms for overhead

• operating expense
• operating cost
• budget items
• command processing overhead time
• command processing overhead
• command overhead
• disk overhead
• viewgraph
• smash

Antonyms of overhead

• surface
• subsurface

Words that rhyme with overhead

• head
• lead
• spread
• dead
• bed
• read
• tread
• thread
• ahead
• red
• shed
• homestead
• spearhead
• thoroughbred
• wed
• bobsled
• bread
• dread
• featherbed
• infrared
• masthead
• redhead
• retread
• shred
• watershed
• airhead
• beachhead
• bloodshed
• bridgehead
• bullhead