overgrown

1 of 2

adjective

over·​grown ˌō-vər-ˈgrōn 

: grown abnormally or excessively large

dismissed him as an overgrown adolescent

overgrown

2 of 2

past participle of overgrow

Synonyms of overgrown

Adjective

• lush
• grown
• green
• dense
• leafy

Examples of overgrown in a Sentence

Adjective

The garden is overgrown with weeds.

He acts like an overgrown child.

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Scott also admitted to shooting Palmer and dragging his body away from the trail into an overgrown area near a tree line. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026

Inspired by lawn care creators who cleaned up properties for people at no cost, Spencer began finding severely overgrown yards and offering to tackle them for free. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

The result is this odd slice of land, wedged between Pizza City and the rear of some other building, unused except by the cats and overgrown with birds of paradise, banana trees—plants that spring up anywhere. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

On the ground floor, in the VR game Dash-180c, 2026, viewers adopt the first-person perspective of a drone, which takes them to an overgrown, tropical, post-human 3D universe ruled by monkeys—more funereal than fun. — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for overgrown

• acetone
• anglophone
• baritone
• bourguignon
• buspirone
• chaperon
• chaperone
• cobblestone
• collarbone
• cornerstone
• cortisone
• dictaphone

Kids Definition

overgrown

adjective

: grown unusually or too big

overgrown boys

overgrown cities