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overall adjective

• taking everything into account.
• "the governors and head have overall responsibility for managing the school"
Similar: all-inclusive, general, comprehensive, universal, all-embracing, gross, net, final, inclusive, master, ruling, sweeping, wholesale, complete, blanket, across the board, umbrella, global, worldwide, international, pandemic, nationwide, countrywide, coast-to-coast, company-wide,

overall adverb

• taken as a whole; in all.
• "overall, 10,000 jobs will go"
Similar: generally, in general, generally speaking, altogether, all in all, on balance, on average, for the most part, mostly, in the main, on the whole, largely, by and large, to a large extent, to a great degree, predominantly, mainly, chiefly, as a rule, principally, basically, substantially,

overall noun

• a loose-fitting coat or one-piece garment worn over ordinary clothes for protection against dirt or heavy wear.
• "men in grubby blue overalls"


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