overthunk
overthunk is the past participle of overthink.
Meaning of overthink
Verb (1)
overthink (third-person singular simple present overthinks, present participle overthinking, simple past and past participle overthought)
- To think or analyze too much.
- Don't overthink the problem. It's not that difficult.
- Antonyms:
- underthink
- 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
- Synonyms:
- overapproximate, overstate, overestimate, overhold, overrate, overreckon
Verb (2)
overthink (third-person singular simple present overthinks, present participle overthinking, simple past and past participle overthought)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- bethink, mull, quander, afterthink, agitate, call to mind, chew, chew over, chew the cud, cogitate
- But when I dred that wou'd not work,
Origin of overthunk
over- + thunk
Questions about overthunk
- What is overthunk the past participle of?
- Overthunk is the past participle of overthink.
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