What is another word for overhead?

Common synonyms for overhead include operating expense, operating cost, budget items.

What is the plural of overhead?

The plural of overhead is overheads.

overhead

Q: What rhymes with overhead?

Words that rhyme with overhead include said, read, head, red, instead, lead.

/ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/noun, adjective, adverb3 syllables

Overhead means: 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 for overhead9

noun, as in 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

operating expense, operating cost, budget items

noun, as in (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command

command processing overhead time, command processing overhead, command overhead

noun, as in (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing

disk overhead

noun, as in a transparency for use with an overhead projector

viewgraph

noun, as in a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

smash

Opposites of overhead

surface, subsurface

What does overhead mean?9

noun

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

(computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command

(computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing

a transparency for use with an overhead projector

a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

(nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship

adjective

located or originating from above“an overhead crossing”

adverb

above your head; in the sky“planes were flying overhead”

above the head; over the head“bring the legs together overhead”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with overhead?34

one syllable

said read head red lead dead led bed spread ed fed bread thread ted shed fled med bred wed dread

two syllables

instead ahead widespread

three syllables

infrared

Show 40 near rhymes

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All 34 rhymes for overhead, grouped by syllable

Overhead in a sentence

Migrant birds such as the sandhill crane fly overhead, moving south.Cangarejo
Crickets began to chirp, and more geese and ducks flew overhead.CM
Carlos took off his shoes and put them in the overhead bin.Amastan
The jet made a whining sound as it soared overhead.unknown
I left my bag on the overhead rack in the train.Swift
A bird in hand is safer than one overhead.unknown
Santiago heard a flock of birds flying overhead.Amastan
Can you help me put my bag in the overhead compartment?CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of overhead

as a noun

plural: overheads