overarm

1. 1.

   with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level

   “an overhand pitch”

   “an overhand stroke”

   Synonymsoverhandoverhanded

   Similarround-arm

   sport

Questions about overarm

What does overarm mean?

overarm means "with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level".

How many syllables are in overarm?

overarm has 3 syllables: o-ve-rarm. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for overarm?

Close synonyms include overhand, overhanded. 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 overarm a common word?

overarm is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.