Meanings
adjectiveovercareful (comparative more overcareful, superlative most overcareful)
comparative more overcareful · superlative most overcareful
- Excessively careful.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveexcessively or unduly careful
Similar
too-carefulcareful
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishcareful
- Englishovercareful
Translations
Spanish prolijo
- prolijoexcessively careful
Tagalog mahimat
- mahimatexcessively careful
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APA
overcareful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcareful
MLA
“overcareful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcareful. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overcareful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcareful.
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