overside

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/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈsaɪd//ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌsaɪd/

adjective

Located or positioned over the side, especially of a ship.

“overside cargo”

Opposite
Scrabble 12

Meanings

overside1

adjectiveoverside (not comparable)
  1. not comparableLocated or positioned over the side, especially of a ship.

    overside cargo

    1 more example

    It is, of course, possible to work only to or from lighters in this way, and such working is not very general in this country, although a certain amount of such overside work is carried on in enclosed docks.

    1945 January and February, T. F. Cameron, “Dock Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 9
  2. not comparableOn the opposite side.
adverboverside (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOver the side.

    The cargo was dumped overside by the crew.

    2 more examples

    Then the caplin moved off, and five minutes later there was no sound except the splash of the sinkers overside, the flapping of the cod, and the whack of the muckles as the men stunned them.

    1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous

    Once again Mike and I go overside to push and coax the catamaran toward a single narrow band of open water that leads in the right direction—east.

    1989 May, Jeff MacInnis, “Braving the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 592

overside2

nounoverside (plural oversides)

plural oversides

  1. The side facing up or positioned above; the topside; surface.

    While the overside of the tiles was well smoothed, the underside was in general left crude and rough.

    1981, Berit Wells, Opuscula Romana XIII: Volume 13
    2 more examples

    […] that is, glued to the underside of one card and the overside of the next, thus keeping their edges close and parallel to each other, […]

    1882, English mechanic and world of science: Volume 34 - Page 547

    This chapter contains some of the most humorous writing on the overside of the narrative, and the most serious on the underside.

    1999, Pynchon notes: Issues 40-41
  2. The reverse or opposite side.

    the overside of the record

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
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Origin

overside · adjective, adverb

1880, from the phrase over the side (of a ship), equivalent to over + side.

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APA

overside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overside

MLA

“overside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overside. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overside,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overside.

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