Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb overlie

2 senses of overlie

Sense 1
overlie -- (lie upon; lie on top of; "the granite overlies the older rocks")
       => lie -- (be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf")

Sense 2
overlie, overlay -- (kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets")
       => kill -- (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays")

Antonyms of adj overlying

1 sense of overlying

Sense 1
overlying, superimposed -- (placed on or over something else; "an overlying image")

INDIRECT (VIA superjacent) -> subjacent -- (lying nearby but lower; "hills and subjacent valleys")

Similarity of adj overlying

1 sense of overlying

Sense 1
overlying, superimposed -- (placed on or over something else; "an overlying image")
       => superjacent (vs. subjacent) -- (lying immediately above or on something else)