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overthinks

overthinks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overthink.

Meaning of overthink

Verb (1)

overthink (third-person singular simple present overthinks, present participle overthinking, simple past and past participle overthought)

  1. To think or analyze too much.
    • Don't overthink the problem. It's not that difficult.
    Antonyms:
    underthink
  2. (rare) To think too highly (of); overestimate
    • So to think of self as not to overthink — to think of yourself with sober, moral judgment.1859, Henry Ward Beecher, Sermons, page 25

Verb (2)

overthink (third-person singular simple present overthinks, present participle overthinking, simple past and past participle overthought)

  1. (archaic) To think about; think over
    • But when I dred that wou'd not work,
      I overthought me of a Wile
      How I might at my leisure lurk,
      My graceless Guardain to beguile.1695, J.D. Albany, The Banishment of poverty

Questions about overthinks

What is overthinks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overthinks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overthink.

Words near overthinks in the dictionary

  1. overthink
  2. overthinker
  3. overthinkers
  4. overthinking
  5. overthinkings
  6. overthinks
  7. overthinned
  8. overthinning
  9. overthins
  10. overthought
  11. overthoughtful

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