hyperactive
/ˌhaɪpəɹˈæk.tɪv/
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Australia/ˌhɑepəɹˈæk.tɪv/
hyperactive adjective: having an increased state of activity.
Adjective
hyperactive (comparative more hyperactive, superlative most hyperactive)
- Having an increased state of activity
- Salarians are noted for their high-speed metabolism, which allows them to function on just one hour of sleep a day. Their minds and bodies work faster than most sapient races, making them seem restless or hyperactive. The drawback of this active metabolism is a short lifespan of around 40 human...2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Salarians: Biology Codex entry
- having attention deficit disorder (no longer used by the scientific community)
hyperactive meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Indonesian
hyperactive in Tamil
- அதி இயக்க, அதீத பரபரப்பான
hyperactive in Bengali
- অতিসক্রিয়, অত্যধিক চঞ্চল
hyperactive in Kannada
- ಅತೀ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆಯಿಂದಿರುವ
hyperactive in Indonesian
- having an increased state of activity
- hiperaktif
Examples of hyperactive in a sentence
- Bortezomib, or Velcade, blocks an internal waste-dispensing mechanism for proteins that is particularly hyperactive in cancer cells.
- The second species to join the Citadel, the salarians are warm-blooded amphibians with a hyperactive metabolism.
- Syria is not the only Arab state with a hyperactive cyberpolice.
Synonyms of hyperactive
Antonyms
Forms of hyperactive
| comparative | more hyperactive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hyperactive |
Origin of hyperactive
From hyper- + active.
Words formed from hyperactive
Phrases with hyperactive
Words that rhyme with hyperactive
- active
- inactive
- reactive
- attractive
- extractive
- protractive
- abstractive
- factive
- interactive
- radioactive
- subtractive
- unattractive
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Questions about hyperactive
- What does hyperactive mean?
- Hyperactive means having an increased state of activity.
- What is hyperactive in Tamil?
- Hyperactive in Tamil is அதி இயக்க, அதீத பரபரப்பான. See Hyperactive meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hyperactive?
- Hyperactive is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce hyperactive?
- Hyperactive is pronounced /ˌhaɪpəɹˈæk.tɪv/ (UK).
Words near hyperactive in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hyperactive (page history and authors); hyperactive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Hyperactive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hyperactive (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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