overall

Other forms of overall

plural

overalls·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about overall

What does overall mean?

overall means "(usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in overall?

overall has 3 syllables: o-ve-rall. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈoʊvɚˌɔl/.

What is another word for overall?

Close synonyms include boilersuit, boilers suit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is overall a common word?

overall is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with overall?

4 words rhyme with overall. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.