Synonyms for overhead

Other words for “overhead”, grouped by meaning.

We found 9 synonyms for “overhead”. The most common are operating expense, operating cost, budget items, command processing overhead time, command processing overhead.

noun the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes

Synonymsoperating expense operating cost budget items

noun (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command

Synonymscommand processing overhead time command processing overhead command overhead

noun (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing

Synonymsdisk overhead

noun a transparency for use with an overhead projector

Synonymsviewgraph

noun a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

Synonymssmash

adjective located or originating from above

Oppositessurface subsurface

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University