noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of thinking too much about something. countable, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of overthink form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

afterthinkagitatebethinkcall to mindchewchew over

Example

More examples

"Tom has a habit of overthinking everything."

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