Meanings
adjectiveoverprotective (not comparable)
- not comparableExcessively protective, wanting to give too much protection (especially to children).
Antonyms: underprotective
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveExcessively protective, wanting to give too much protection (especially to children).
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveoverly protective
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Medieval Latinprōtēctīvus
- Englishprotective
- Englishoverprotective
From over- + protective.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan sobreprotector
- sobreprotectorexcessively protective
Finnish ylisuojeleva
- ylisuojelevaexcessively protective
French surprotecteur
- surprotecteurexcessively protective
German überfürsorglich
- überfürsorglichexcessively protective
Greek υπερπροστατευτικός
- υπερπροστατευτικός (yperprostateftikós)excessively protective
Japanese 過保護な
- 過保護な (kahogo na)excessively protective
Polish nadopiekuńczy
- nadopiekuńczyexcessively protective
Portuguese superprotetor
- superprotetorexcessively protective
Swedish överbeskyddande
- överbeskyddandeexcessively protective
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with overprotective
effectiverespectiveobjectivecollectiveprotectiveprospectivedirectiveselectivedetectivesubjectivedefectiveelectivereflectivecorrectiveretrospectiveineffectiveirrespectiveaffectiveconnectiveconvectiveprojectiveintrospectiveinfectiveinjective
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
overprotective. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overprotective
MLA
“overprotective.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overprotective. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overprotective,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overprotective.
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