overactive

over·ac·tive

adj \-ˈak-tiv\

Definition of OVERACTIVE

: excessively or abnormally active <overactive glands> <an overactive imagination>

— over·ac·tiv·i·ty \-ak-ˈti-və-tē\ noun

Examples of OVERACTIVE

1. She has an overactive bladder.
2. His crazy ideas are products of an overactive imagination.

First Known Use of OVERACTIVE

1647

Related to OVERACTIVE

Synonyms: agitated, excited, frenzied, heated, hectic, hyperactive, feverish, overwrought

Related Words: hyperexcited, overexcited; afire, aflutter, aquiver, atingle; anxious, dithery, edgy, het up, high-strung, hyped-up, hyper, jittery, jumpy, nervy, nervous, perturbed, tense, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, upset, uptight, wired

Near Antonyms: calm, collected, composed, cool, coolheaded, placid, serene, tranquil, undisturbed, unperturbed, unshaken, untroubled, unworried

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Rhymes with OVERACTIVE

bioactive, counteractive, cross-reactive, hyperactive, interactive, neuroactive, psychoactive, putrefactive, retroactive, surface-active, unattractive, vasoactive