Meanings
comparative more overzealous · superlative most overzealous · alternative over-zealous
- Excessively zealous; excessively enthusiastic or fervent.
With his overzealous attempts to impress, he only managed to annoy her.
1 more example
Halo's destruction was your error, and you rightly bear the blame. But the Council was... overzealous.
2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, spoken by High Prophet of Truth (Michael Wincott), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: The Arbiter
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivemarked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Danish overentusiastisk
- overentusiastisktoo zealous; too enthusiastic or fervent
German übereifrig
- übereifrigtoo zealous; too enthusiastic or fervent
Russian чрезмерно усердный
- чрезмерно усердный (črezmerno userdnyj)too zealous; too enthusiastic or fervent
Swedish överentusiastisk, övernitisk
- överentusiastisktoo zealous; too enthusiastic or fervent
- övernitisktoo zealous; too enthusiastic or fervent
Cite this entry
overzealous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overzealous
“overzealous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overzealous. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overzealous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overzealous.
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