overgrown

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adjective

Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.

“He spends so much money on new technology: he's like an overgrown schoolboy buying toys.”

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coveredwooded
OriginEnglish grown ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

adjectiveovergrown (comparative more overgrown, superlative most overgrown)

comparative more overgrown · superlative most overgrown

  1. Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.
  2. attributivederogatorymildlyHaving grown bigger without developing maturity or changing character.

    He spends so much money on new technology: he's like an overgrown schoolboy buying toys.

verb
  1. participlepastpast participle of overgrow

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecovered with growing plants

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covered

adjectiveabounding in usually unwanted vegetation

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wooded

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

From over- + grown.

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Translations

Ancient Greek δασύς
  • δασύς (dasús)having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Bulgarian обрасъл
  • обрасъл (obrasăl)having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Esperanto superkreskita
  • superkreskitahaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
Finnish umpeenkasvanut
  • umpeenkasvanuthaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
German überwachsen
  • überwachsenhaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
Latin obsitus
  • obsitushaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
Māori waipapa, ururua
  • waipapahaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
  • ururuahaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
  • heuheuhaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
  • tūheahaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
  • maheuhaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
  • kōwaowaohaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
Norwegian Bokmål begrodd
  • begroddhaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
Spanish demasiado crecido, demasiadamente crecido
  • demasiado crecidohaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
  • demasiadamente crecidohaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
  • zarrapastrosohaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
  • zarapastrosohaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
  • zalapastrosohaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
  • grandulónhaving grown bigger without changing character
  • grandullónhaving grown bigger without changing character
  • tarajalludohaving grown bigger without changing character
Swedish igengrodd, övervuxen
  • igengroddhaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
  • övervuxenhaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
  • bevuxenhaving large numbers of plants which have become too big
Thai รกชัฏ
  • รกชัฏ (rók-chát)having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Ukrainian зарослий, порослий
  • зарослий (zaroslyj)having large numbers of plants which have become too big
  • порослий (poroslyj)having large numbers of plants which have become too big
  • заріс (zaris)having large numbers of plants which have become too big
  • без догляду (bez dohljadu)having large numbers of plants which have become too big
  • запущений (zapuščenyj)having large numbers of plants which have become too big
  • надмірно вирослий (nadmirno vyroslyj)having grown bigger without changing character
  • перерослий (pereroslyj)having grown bigger without changing character
  • перерісший (pererisšyj)having grown bigger without changing character

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with overgrown

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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