overstay

Questions about overstay

What does overstay mean?

overstay means "stay too long".

How many syllables are in overstay?

overstay has 3 syllables: o-ver-stay. The stress falls on "stay". In IPA it is /ˌoʊvɚˈsteɪ/.

What is another word for overstay?

Close synonyms include outstay. 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 overstay a common word?

overstay 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.

What rhymes with overstay?

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