over-

UK/ˈəʊ̯və/UK[ˈəʊ̯.və]Canada, US/ˈoʊ̯vəɹ/Canada, US[ˈoʊ.vɚ]

prefix

Above, or higher.

“overlord”

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OriginMiddle English over- ← Old English ofer- ← Proto-Germanic *uber →
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Meanings

prefix
  1. Above, or higher.

    overbar, overlook

  2. Superior.

    overlord

  3. Excessive; excessively.

    overkind, overloud, overstate

    Synonyms: hyper-, ultra-, ana-

  4. Surrounding or covering.

    overcoat, overpaint

  5. augmentativeExceptional; extremely or intensely.

Synonyms & antonyms

prefixExcessive; excessively.

Similar
hyper-ultra-ana-
Similar
super-supra-uber-macro-arch-mega-giga--zillagrand
Also see
arch-grandgreathyper-macro-mega-super-supra-toouber-ultra--zilla

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-

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.

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Translations

Catalan sobre-, excés
  • sobre-above or higher
  • excésexcessively
  • sobre-excessively
Chinese Mandarin 過度 /过度
  • 過度 /过度 (guòdù)above or higher
Czech přes-, pře-
  • přes-above or higher
  • pře-above or higher
  • přes-superior
  • přes-excessively
Finnish yli-, yli-
  • yli-above or higher
  • yli-superior
  • liika-excessively
  • yli-excessively
French sur-, excès
  • sur-above or higher
  • excèsexcessively
  • sur-excessively
German über-
  • über-above or higher
Hungarian felül-, túl-
  • felül-above or higher
  • túl-excessively
  • agyon-excessively
Italian sopra-, eccesso
  • sopra-above or higher
  • eccessoexcessively
  • sopra-excessively
Latin super-, nimius
  • super-above or higher
  • nimiusexcessively
Polish prze-, nad-
  • prze-above or higher
  • nad-superior
  • ponad-superior
  • nad-excessively
  • ponad-excessively
Portuguese sobre-, super-
  • sobre-above or higher
  • super-above or higher
  • sobre-superior
  • super-superior
  • sobre-excessively
  • super-excessively
  • excessoexcessively
Russian пере-, сверх-
  • пере- (pere-)above or higher
  • сверх- (sverx-)above or higher
  • пере- (pere-)superior
  • сверх- (sverx-)superior
  • пере- (pere-)excessively
  • сверх- (sverx-)excessively
Scottish Gaelic tar-, tar-
  • tar-above or higher
  • tar-excessively
Spanish super-, sobre-
  • super-above or higher
  • sobre-above or higher
  • super-excessively
  • sobre-excessively
  • exceso deexcessively
  • hiper-excessively
  • demasiadoexcessively
  • excesivamenteexcessively
  • demasiadamenteexcessively
Swedish compounds with över, compounds with över
  • compounds with överabove or higher
  • compounds with översuperior
  • compounds with överexcessively
Yiddish איבער־
  • איבער־ (iber-)above or higher
Cite this entry
APA

over-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/over-

MLA

“over-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/over-. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “over-,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/over-.

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