overall

1 belonging or relating to the whole the overall view seems to be that we're doing fine economically Synonyms across-the-board, blanket, broad-brush, common, generic, global, general, universalRelated Words all-embracing, broad, broad-gauge (or broad-gauged), broadscale, comprehensive, extensive, inclusionary, overarching, pervasive, sweeping, ubiquitous, wholesale, wide, widespread; aggregate, collective, complete, full, plenary; planetary, worldwideNear Antonyms component, constituent; cross-sectional, divisional, fragmentary, partial; local, localized, regional, sectionalAntonyms individual, particular

2 relating to the main elements and not to specific details there's an overall similarity in the looks of the models for that chain of clothing stores Synonyms all-around (also all-round), bird's-eye, broad, nonspecific, generalRelated Words comprehensive, inclusive; absolute, boundless, expansive, extensive, infinite, panoramic, sweeping, vast, wide; indeterminate, nebulous, nondescript, vague; nonspecific, unlimited, unrestricted, unspecifiedNear Antonyms limited, restricted, specified; distinct, explicit, precise, sharp; comprehensive, elaborate, full, mapped (out), thorough; enumerated, inventoried, itemized, listed; individual, singular; particular, peculiarAntonyms close-up, delineated, detailed, molecular, particularized, specific

3 held by or applicable to a majority of the people the overall mind-set among the people in our town seems to be that any increase in taxes is bad Synonyms common, majority, general, popular, prevailing, public, received, ruling, vulgarRelated Words unanimous, universal; pop; everyday, familiar, household, usual, well-known; contemporary, current, present; dominant, predominant, preponderant; characteristic, typical; pandemic, pervasive, prevalent, rife, widespread; communal, sharedNear Antonyms rare, strange, unknown, unusual; distinctive, especial, idiosyncratic, peculiar, special, unique; individual, separate, singular; nonpublic, personal, privateAntonyms uncommon, unpopular

1 with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time reduce the budget overall by 15 percent Synonyms all told, altogether, collectedly, collectively, inclusively, all around, togetherRelated Words broadly, generally, liberally, loosely, macroscopically; all over, completely, comprehensively, encyclopedically, entirely, exhaustively, fully, sweepingly, thoroughly, totally, whollyNear Antonyms detailedly, microscopically, minutely; literally, narrowly, restrictedly, strictly; alone, categorically, distinctly, exclusively, fractionally, individually, separately, singly, singularly, soley, solitarily, specifically

2 for the most part overall, this is a good speech, but it could use a little humor Synonyms altogether, basically, by and large, generally, largely, mainly, mostly, chiefly, predominantly, primarily, principally, substantiallyRelated Words about, more or less, most, much, near, nearly, next to, nigh, practically, some, virtually, well-nigh; approximately, broadly, plus or minus, roughly; commonly, frequently, generally, normally, ordinarily, typically, usually; incompletely, partially, partly, rather, somewhatNear Antonyms completely, entirely, fully, perfectly, thoroughly, totally, wholly; barely, hardly, just, marginally, minimally, scarcely; absolutely, categorically, unqualifiedly