Meanings
adjectiveoveractive (comparative more overactive, superlative most overactive)
comparative more overactive · superlative most overactive
- Excessively active.
Synonyms: hyperactive
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveExcessively active.
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More synonyms by meaning
adjectivemore active than normal
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian свръхактивен
- свръхактивен (svrăhaktiven)excessively active
Finnish yliaktiivinen
- yliaktiivinenexcessively active
German überaktiv
- überaktivexcessively active
Indonesian overaktif
- overaktifexcessively active
Russian чрезме́рно акти́вный
- чрезме́рно акти́вный (črezmérno aktívnyj)excessively active
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with overactive
activeinteractiveattractiveinactiveradioactivereactiveproactiverefractiveunattractivehyperactiveextractiveimmunoreactivesubtractiveunderactivetractivefactivecontractiveabstractivecounteractivedetractivedistractiveenactivehyperreactivehypoactive
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APA
overactive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overactive
MLA
“overactive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overactive. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overactive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overactive.
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