overtop

Questions about overtop

What does overtop mean?

overtop means "look down on".

How many syllables are in overtop?

overtop has 3 syllables and divides as o-ver-top under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for overtop?

Close synonyms include dominate, command, overlook. 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 overtop a common word?

overtop 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.