n. 25B6; adjective the overall cost : ALL-INCLUSIVE, general, comprehensive, universal, all-embracing, gross, net, final, inclusive; wholesale, complete, across the board, global, worldwide.
25B6; adverb overall, things have improved : GENERALLY (SPEAKING), in general, altogether, all in all, on balance, on average, for the most part, in the main, on the whole, by and large, to a large extent.