adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Excessively protective, wanting to give too much protection (especially to children). not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   overly protective wordnet

Synonyms

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protectivesuperprotective

Antonyms

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underprotective

Example

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"Sometimes Spenser cares so much about Trang that he leads her to believe he is being overprotective."

Etymology

From over- + protective.

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