overseas: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 11 letter points · starts with O · ends with S
Meaning of overseas
adj
- not-comparable
Abroad, especially across the sea.
Example: Overseas branches of the company are doing well.
- not-comparable
Used with ethnicities, nationalities, or religious affiliations: living (being resident) in a foreign country.
Example: Overseas Chinese communities exist in North and South America.
- not-comparable
Across a sea; to or in an area across a sea.
Example: Her overseas trip went well.
Listed forms: oversea.
Source: Wiktionary — overseas.
adv
- not-comparable
Abroad.
Example: He emigrated and now lives overseas.
- not-comparable
Across a sea; to an area across a sea.
Example: She travelled overseas.
Listed forms: oversea.
Source: Wiktionary — overseas.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for overseas.
adjective
in a foreign country
adjective
being or passing over or across the sea
adverb
beyond or across the sea
adverb
in a place across an ocean
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is overseas in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of overseas
O(1) + V(4) + E(1) + R(1) + S(1) + E(1) + A(1) + S(1) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of overseas
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from overseas
113 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in overseas. Showing up to 24, longest first.