Home › Words › O › overscarfoverscarf/ˈəʊvəˌskɑːf/overscarf means A decorative scarf worn over clothing.overscarf is pronounced /ˈəʊvəˌskɑːf/.EtymologyFrom over- + scarf.nounA decorative scarf worn over clothing.e.g.“Vary the garments by making overscarves of a different color and draping them around the figures.” — 1969, Shirley Beegle, editor, 301 Creative Crafts, Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing, page 89:A headscarf worn on top of an underscarf (another headscarf).e.g.“She unpins her white overscarf and the satiny green and yellow one underneath.” — 1998, Marguerite Guzman Bouvard, Grandmothers: Granddaughters Remember, page 182:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bescarfed 71% match — Wearing a scarf. vs overscarf →bescarved 69% match — Wearing a scarf vs overscarf →headscarved 68% match — Wearing a headscarf. vs overscarf →enscarf 68% match — To wrap of muffle, as if in a scarf. vs overscarf →headscarfed 67% match — Wearing a headscarf. vs overscarf →overcloth 64% match — Any of various overgarments that consist primarily of a large cloth worn over the clothes. vs overscarf →scarflike 63% match — Resembling or characteristic of a scarf. vs overscarf →overgarment 63% match — A garment normally worn over other garments. vs overscarf →