hyperreactive

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adjective

Showing a much greater than normal response to a stimulus

OriginEnglish reactive ← Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-) ← Proto-Hellenic *hupér →
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Meanings

adjectivehyperreactive (comparative more hyperreactive, superlative most hyperreactive)

comparative more hyperreactive · superlative most hyperreactive

  1. Showing a much greater than normal response to a stimulus

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Englishreactive
  8. Englishhyperreactive

From hyper- + reactive.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hyperreactive

activeinteractiveattractiveinactiveradioactivereactiveproactiverefractiveunattractivehyperactiveextractiveoveractiveimmunoreactivesubtractiveunderactivetractivefactivecontractiveabstractivecounteractivedetractivedistractiveenactivehypoactive
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Anagrams

hypercreative
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APA

hyperreactive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperreactive

MLA

“hyperreactive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperreactive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hyperreactive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperreactive.

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