overtime
Working time outside of one's regular hours.
Noun 4 meanings
Working time outside of one's regular hours.
“Workers are usually paid extra for working overtime.”
The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.
An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
“That last-second shot ties the game 99-99 and sends it to overtime!”
Extra laps after the set race length of laps or time, to allow for a green-white-checkered finish.
Adverb 2 meanings
Exceeding regular working hours.
Beyond the normal or usual extent.
Verb 1 meaning
To measure something incorrectly, as taking more time than it actually did.
Etymology
From over- + time.
OVERTIME at a glance
OVERTIME has 8 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (O 1 + V 4 + E 1 + R 1 + T 1 + I 1 + M 3 + E 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,706 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with overtime
All rhymes- TIME6
- CRIME9
- PRIME9
- LIFETIME13
- REGIME9
- ANIME7
- ANYTIME12
- SOMETIME12
- MEANTIME12
- MARITIME12
- LIME6
- LONGTIME11
One letter away
- OVERTIRE11
- OVERTAME13
Keep going
Related lists
Looking for a different word?
Type the letters you have and the Finder shows every word that fits.