It's not always that our postures dovetail exactly. And yet, the overlapping and mutual interests abound.
Source: tatoeba (7001251)
Overlapping
Synonyms for "overlapping" (32 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (16)
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1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 13 languages.
Finnish
3 entries- limittäinen adj (Translations)
- päällekkäinen adj (Translations)
- limittäisyys noun (the situation in which things overlap)
French
3 entries- chevauchant adj (Translations)
- recouvrant adj (Translations)
- chevauchement noun (the situation in which things overlap)
Georgian
3 entries- ნაწილობრივ გადაფარებული adj (Translations)
- ნაწილობრივ თანამთხვეული adj (Translations)
- ნაწილობრივ თანმხვედრი adj (Translations)
Greek
1 entries- επικαλυπτικός adj (Translations)
Indonesian
1 entries- tumpang tindih noun (the situation in which things overlap)
Italian
1 entries- sovrapposto adj (Translations)
Malay
2 entries- pertindanan noun (the situation in which things overlap)
- pertindihan noun (the situation in which things overlap)
Māori
1 entries- īnakinaki adj (Translations)
Portuguese
3 entries- sobreposto adj (Translations)
- superposto adj (Translations)
- sobreposição noun (the situation in which things overlap)
Russian
2 entries- нахлёст noun (the situation in which things overlap)
- перекрытие noun (the situation in which things overlap)
Spanish
4 entries- imbricado adj (Translations)
- solapado adj (Translations)
- superpuesto adj (Translations)
- traslapado adj (Translations)
Swedish
1 entries- överlappande adj (Translations)
Tagalog
1 entries- unsod-unsod adj (Translations)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists.
Source: wiktionary
This overlapping is reflective of hybrid languages, where certain features (phonetic, orthographic, semantic, syntactic) are also difficult to disentangle.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.