over-

Meaning

1. Above, or higher.
2. Superior.
3. Excessive; excessively.
4. Surrounding or covering.
5. Exceptional; extremely or intensely.

Synonyms

absence

abundantly

certainty

completeness

excess

hard

over

overly

profusely

non-

un-

surplus-

excess-

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dis-

overmuchness

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈəʊ̯.vəɹ/

Etymology

From Middle English over-, from Old English ofer-, from Proto-Germanic *uber, from Proto-Indo-European *upér. Cognate with Dutch over-, German über-, Swedish över-, Welsh gor-, Spanish sobre-, Armenian վեր- (ver-), Persian ابر (abar-). Doublet of super-, sur-, and hyper-. More at over.