overactor

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US/ˌoʊvɚˈæktɚ/UK/ˌəʊvəɹˈæktə/

noun

Someone who overacts.

Similar
hamhambonehamfattertear-cat
OriginEnglish actor ← Middle English actour ← Latin āctor →
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Meanings

nounoveractor (plural overactors)

plural overactors

  1. actingSomeone who overacts.

    Synonyms: ham, hambone, hamfatter, tear-cat

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone who overacts.

Similar
hamhambonehamfattertear-cat
Also see
hamhambonehamfattertear-cat

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Latinagō
  8. Latināctus
  9. Latināctor
  10. Middle Englishactour
  11. Englishactor
  12. Englishoveractor

From over- + actor.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with overactor

factoractortractorreactorextractorrefractorattractorcompactorprotractorretractorimpactorinteractoracterabstractormalefactorenactorabstractercompactercounteractercounteractorenacterexactorjudicial factoroverreactor
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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