overall
Plural: overalls
Noun
- A loose protective garment, typically worn over clothes.
- (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)
- a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work
- A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.
- A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.
Adjective Satellite
- involving only main features
- "the overall pattern of his life"
- including everything
- "the overall cost"
Adj
- All-encompassing, all around.
Adv
- Generally; with everything considered.
Examples
- Overall, there is not enough evidence to form a clear conclusion.
- The artist wore paint-splattered OVERALLS, focused entirely on his game of Scrabble.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English overall, overal, from Old English ofer eall, ofer ealle (“over all”), equivalent to over + all. Compare Saterland Frisian oural, uural (“everywhere”), West Frisian oeral (“everywhere”), Dutch overal (“everywhere”), German Low German overall, överall (“everywhere; all over”), German überall (“all over; everywhere”), Danish overalt (“everywhere”), Swedish överallt (“everywhere; overall”).
Synonyms
boilers suit, boilersuit, all things considered, big, comprehensive, entire, exhaustive, mostly, overslop, slop, thorough, total, whole
Scrabble Score: 10
overall: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordoverall: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
overall: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary