overhand

1. 1.

   with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level

   “an overhand pitch”

   “an overhand stroke”

   Synonymsoverhandedoverarm

   Antonymsunderhand

   Similarround-arm

   sport

2. 2.

   sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together)

   Synonymsoversewn

   Similarhandmade

Questions about overhand

What does overhand mean?

overhand means "with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in overhand?

overhand has 3 syllables: o-ver-hand. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for overhand?

Close synonyms include overhanded, overarm, oversewn. 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.

What is the opposite of overhand?

The recorded antonyms are underhand.

Is overhand a common word?

overhand is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.