'overlap' definitions:
Definition of 'overlap'
(from WordNet)
noun
A representation of common ground between theories or phenomena; "there was no overlap between their proposals" [syn: overlap, convergence, intersection]
noun
The property of partial coincidence in time
noun
A flap that lies over another part; "the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches" [syn: lap, overlap]
verb
Coincide partially or wholly; "Our vacations overlap"
verb
Extend over and cover a part of; "The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city"
Synonyms of 'overlap'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accord,
- accordance,
- affinity,
- agree,
- agreement,
- answer to,
- applique,
- arch over,
- assent,
- assort with,
- be consistent,
- be of one,
- be uniform with,
- bedizenment,
- bestraddle,
- bestride,
- bridge,
- check,
- chime,
- chorus,
- cohere,
- coherence,
- coincide,
- coincidence,
- compatibility,
- concert,
- concord,
- concordance,
- concur,
- conform,
- conform with,
- conformance,
- conformation,
- conformity,
- congeniality,
- congruence,
- congruency,
- congruity,
- consist with,
- consistency,
- consonance,
- consort,
- cooperate,
- cooperation,
- correspond,
- correspondence,
- dovetail,
- duplication,
- duplication of effort,
- embellishment,
- equivalence,
- expletive,
- extend over,
- extravagance,
- fall in together,
- fat,
- featherbedding,
- filling,
- fit together,
- flap,
- fly,
- frill,
- frills,
- frippery,
- gingerbread,
- go together,
- go with,
- hang over,
- hang together,
- harmonize,
- harmony,
- hit,
- hold together,
- imbricate,
- imbrication,
- interlock,
- intersect,
- intersection,
- jibe,
- jut,
- lap,
- lap over,
- lie over,
- lock,
- luxury,
- match,
- needlessness,
- oneness,
- ornamentation,
- overadornment,
- overarch,
- overhang,
- overlapping,
- overlay,
- overlayer,
- overlie,
- override,
- padding,
- parallel,
- parallelism,
- payroll padding,
- peace,
- pleonasm,
- prolixity,
- rapport,
- redundance,
- redundancy,
- register,
- register with,
- respond to,
- ride,
- self-consistency,
- shingle,
- sing in chorus,
- sort with,
- span,
- square,
- square with,
- stand together,
- superfluity,
- superfluousness,
- symmetry,
- sync,
- synchronism,
- tally,
- tautology,
- timing,
- uniformity,
- union,
- unison,
- unisonance,
- unnecessariness,
- verbosity