overtime

1. 1.

   beyond the regular time

   “she often has to work overtime”

Other forms of overtime

plural

overtimes·

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 overtime

What does overtime mean?

overtime means "work done in addition to regular working hours". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in overtime?

overtime has 3 syllables: o-ver-time. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈoʊvɚˌtaɪm/.

What is another word for overtime?

Close synonyms include extra time. 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 overtime?

The recorded antonyms are regulation time.

Is overtime a common word?

overtime is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 overtime?

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