overbought

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adjective

Of a stock or commodity market condition: where there has been significant trading bidding up prices to higher levels, levels which seem overextended or excessive on a short-term basis.

Opposite
oversold
OriginEnglish bought ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
UncommonScrabble 19
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Meanings

adjectiveoverbought (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebusinessOf a stock or commodity market condition: where there has been significant trading bidding up prices to higher levels, levels which seem overextended or excessive on a short-term basis.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
oversold

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishbought
  8. Englishoverbought

From over- + bought.

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APA

overbought. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbought

MLA

“overbought.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbought. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overbought,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbought.

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