Meanings
nounoveralls pl (plural only)
- UKpluralplural onlyA loose-fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them.
Synonyms: boiler suit, coveralls
- AustraliaCanadaUSpluralplural onlyLoose-fitting pants with supporting cross-straps and a panel of material in the chest (called a bib), often associated with farm work.
That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
noun
- pluralplural of overall
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA loose-fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them.
Similar
nounLoose-fitting pants with supporting cross-straps and a panel of material in the chest (called a bib), often associated with farm work.
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Translations
Bulgarian гащеризо́н, комбинезо́н
- гащеризо́н (gašterizón)loose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- комбинезо́н (kombinezón)loose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- гащеризо́н (gašterizón)loose fitting pair of pants with a bib
- комбинезо́н (kombinezón)loose fitting pair of pants with a bib
Catalan pantaló de peto
- pantaló de petoloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
Chinese Mandarin 工裝褲 /工装裤, 罩衫
- 工裝褲 /工装裤 (gōngzhuāngkù)loose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- 罩衫 (zhàoshān)loose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- 罩袍 (zhàopáo)loose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- 罩衣 (zhàoyī)loose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
Czech kombinéza, montérky
- kombinézaloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- montérkyloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
Dutch tuinpak
- tuinpakloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
Esperanto supertuto, kombineo
- supertutoloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- kombineoloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
Finnish haalari, haalarit
- haalariloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- haalaritloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- työhaalaritloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- haalaritloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
- haalarihousutloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
French combinaison, salopette
- combinaisonloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- salopetteloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
German Overall, Latzhose
- Overallloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- Latzhoseloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
Irish forbhríste, dungaraí
- forbhrísteloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- dungaraíloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
Italian tuta, salopette
- tutaloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- salopetteloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
Korean 멜빵바지
- 멜빵바지 (melppangbaji)loose fitting pair of pants with a bib
Polish kombinezon, ogrodniczki
- kombinezonloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- ogrodniczkiloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
Portuguese macacão, macacão
- macacãoloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- macacãoloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
Russian комбинезо́н, полукомбинезо́н
- комбинезо́н (kombinezón)loose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- полукомбинезо́н (polukombinezón)loose fitting pair of pants with a bib
Scottish Gaelic briogais-biob
- briogais-biobloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
Spanish mono, buzo
- monoloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- buzoloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- sobretodoloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- overallsloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- petoloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
- overolloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
- mamelucosloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
- zaragüellosloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
Swedish overall, snickarbyxor
- overallloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- snickarbyxorloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
Thai เอี๊ยม
- เอี๊ยม (íiam)loose fitting pair of pants with a bib
Turkish tulum
- tulumloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
Welsh ofyrol, ofyrols
- ofyrolloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- ofyrolsloose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
- ofyrolloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
- ofyrolsloose fitting pair of pants with a bib
Cite this entry
APA
overalls. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overalls
MLA
“overalls.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overalls. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overalls,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overalls.
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