overprotective
UK/ˌəʊvəpɹəˈtɛktɪv/US/ˌoʊvɚpɹəˈtɛktɪv/
overprotective adjective: excessively protective, wanting to give too much protection (especially to children).
Adjective
overprotective (not comparable)
- Excessively protective, wanting to give too much protection (especially to children).
- Antonyms:
- underprotective
overprotective meaning in Bengali
overprotective in Bengali
- অত্যধিক রক্ষণশীল
Antonyms of overprotective
Origin of overprotective
From over- + protective.
Words formed from overprotective
Words that rhyme with overprotective
- projective
- subjective
- effective
- objective
- prospective
- reflective
- collective
- connective
- defective
- directive
- respective
- selective
28 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- injective
- detective
- elective
- irrespective
- perfective
- retrospective
- affective
- bijective
- corrective
- erective
- ineffective
- inflective
- intellective
- intersubjective
- protective
- refective
- advective
- convective
- deflective
- ejective
- imperfective
- infective
- inspective
- introspective
- rejective
- surjective
- unreflective
- unselective
Questions about overprotective
- What does overprotective mean?
- Overprotective means excessively protective, wanting to give too much protection (especially to children).
- What is overprotective in Bengali?
- Overprotective in Bengali is অত্যধিক রক্ষণশীল. See Overprotective meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is overprotective?
- Overprotective is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce overprotective?
- Overprotective is pronounced /ˌoʊvɚpɹəˈtɛktɪv/ (US).
Words near overprotective in the dictionary
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