Synonyms of overlapping

overlapping 1 of 2

adjective

as in intersecting

Related Words

• intersecting
• underlying
• superposed
• superimposed
• conjoining
• convergent
• overlaying
• crisscrossing
• concurrent
• coaxial
• coinciding
• allover
• congruent
• coextensive
• coterminous
• conterminous
• coincident
• conjunctional

Dissimilar Words

• nonconcurrent
• noncongruent

overlapping

2 of 2

verb

present participle of overlap

as in overlying

to lie over parts of one another

the brochures on the display table should overlap but not so much that the titles are obscured

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overlying
• lapping
• overlaying
• shingling
• overspreading

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of overlapping

Adjective

How’s an architect supposed to address these overlapping and contradictory rubrics, much less resolve them? — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2026

Recent teammates mostly function as an information pipeline, while older, non-overlapping alumni may be shaping how recruiters and HR assess candidates who share their team affiliation, rather than simply passing along a tip. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026

Instead, their ranges formed what researchers describe as a mosaic of separate, non-overlapping distributions. — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

There were four short docs released under the SNL50 banner, plus Questlove’s Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music and Brent Hodge’s Downey Wrote That, all on Peacock and boasting myriad overlapping talking heads, filming locations and generally celebratory approaches to the beloved sketch show. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026

In the past couple years, AI has permeated the music industry in several overlapping but distinct ways. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 27 Mar. 2026

Its dealers also have non-overlapping territories, which reduces competition, according to the complaints. — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026

Verb

Instead, their segment identity directs these signals into overlapping sets of responses that differ in the different areas of the brain. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026

They’re stacked up in superposition, like overlapping waves of water or sound. — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026

Efforts to address the ongoing homelessness crisis in Sacramento County has been a point of friction between the city of Sacramento and the county, which have overlapping jurisdictions. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Today, El Camino Real is largely Highway 101, running parallel to, and at times overlapping with, Route 1. — David G. Allan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

Both Kim and Lewis have quickly found their overlapping aesthetic sensibilities. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026

Lisa Robertson’s Riverwork draws on all these influences, and many more, to evoke overlapping Parises that chime with one another like a ghostly carillon. — Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026

Two brands with overlapping confidence intervals are not meaningfully different from each other in this data, no matter how the raw percentages are ordered. — Ronn Torossian, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

One former Drastic Measures employee said he was yelled at by Sanders for creating two drinks with overlapping ingredients. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026