Definitions For Overhead

noun

  • A hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
  • (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
  • A transparency for use with an overhead projector
  • (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing
  • 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
  • Costs for rent, heat, electricity, etc., that a business must pay and that are not related to what the business sells

adjective

  • Located or originating from above

adverb

  • Above the head; over the head
  • Above your head; in the sky

verb

  • Above someone's head : in the sky or space above someone

Is Overheads a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
16

The word Overhead is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Overhead in a Sentence

  • A chandelier hung directly overhead.
  • People were making noise in the balcony overhead.
  • Her company has very little overhead.

Synonyms for Overhead

Antonyms for Overheads

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