OVERHEAD Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

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adverb

ˌō-vər-ˈhed

Definition of overhead

as in upward

to or in a higher place the majestic sight of eagles soaring overhead

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overhead

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adjective

as in soaring

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Recent Examples of overhead

Adverb

Above the village of Dorohusk in eastern Poland, vapor trails cut across the pale blue sky and military helicopters rumbled overhead. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 Illuminated by the pink party lights overhead, the sisters captured their sweet coordinating moment with a selfie. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 27 Sep. 2026

Adjective

People from across Massachusetts have submitted auditions to be featured as the official overhead announcement voice at Logan Airport. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 Kaminski and Pew share that overhead lighting has become much more minimal and recessive. — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026

Noun

Trump supporters arrived early, and the sight of Air Force One gliding low overhead early Sunday revved up the pro-Trump crowd. — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2026 However, multiple lab-wide reorganizations after NASA yanked its flagship Mars project increased the overhead for other projects like GRACE-Continuity. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overhead

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overhead

Adverb

As the colonies grow, more layers of sediment are trapped and solidified beneath them by biofilms that the organisms produce, causing the whole colony to build upward in layers, like the pages in this book.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
The goal is to reclaim horizontal space for actual cooking by relocating storage upward and inward.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of upward

Adjective

In the accompanying photo, Fleetwood and his new bride, Elizabeth Jordan lean into one another, cheekily posing behind Fleetwood's upheld fedora.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
Guest conductor Edward Gardner, principal conductor of the London Philharmonic, was obviously frustrated when even his upheld hands couldn’t stop the applause.

— Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026

Definition of upheld

Noun

Tiisetso’s view For half a century, the cost of African borrowing has been set largely in New York by three firms that rate the 55 countries from a distance.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
That operational slowdown would subsequently reduce gasoline output and drive total domestic energy costs higher.

— , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of cost

Adverb

In addition to the restaurants above, special dining experiences are hosted on property several nights a week in the Resol Garden, an outdoor space beside the main restaurant Itzam with an open woodfire grill.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Only soldiers of officer rank and above were allowed to wear the Burberry trench coat and had to purchase it themselves out of pocket.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of above

Noun

The area might feel a bit buttoned-up and corporate for vacationers, but those in Abu Dhabi for work will be within a stone's throw of some of the city's best power-lunch and expense-account-dinner establishments.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
For example, an advance provisioning allowance is a deposit used to pay variable expenses, including fuel, food, drinks and marina fees, with any unused balance returned.

— Christoph Lymbersky, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of expense

Adverb

When the struggle was over, video footage on social media reviewed by The Associated Press showed two men on the plane's floor, bloodied and wounded.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
Regional teams drift in different directions without leadership realizing it until the quarter’s over.

— Kylie Fuentes, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of over

Adjective

The lighter marking on her chest between the upraised front legs showed where her heart lay beneath that silvery coat.

— Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
Imagery was multiplied to tell a story—the stentorian Mussolini, with his upraised chin and bald head, delivering a speech, or Hitler, with his toothbrush mustache, gesticulating.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026

Definition of upraised

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