overthink en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-West Germanic *þankijan Old English þenċan Middle English thinken English think English overthink From over- + think.
Meanings
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To think or analyze too much.
Don't overthink the problem. It's not that difficult.
Mr. Trump “thinks about it as just like whatever entertains him, but as he’s doing that, he’s bringing people together,’” Mr. Ceraso said in a phone interview on Sunday before the event. Democrats, he added, should “stop trying to overthink it.”
2026 June 14, Bayliss Wagner, “Trump’s U.F.C. Event Comes as Backing of Young Men, Once a Strength, Wanes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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(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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overthinking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overthought | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overthought | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overthinks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Antonyms
underthink · understate · misunderestimate · underjudge · underrate · sell short · underguess · underestimate · underreckon · understate · underapproximate
Deriveds
Descendants
Synonyms
overestimate · overapproximate · overapproximate · overrate · overreckon · overstate · overhold · overstate · overthink
Translations (20)
cmn 想太多 (to think or analyze too much) · ca pensar[-lo] massa (to think or analyze too much) · ca pensar massa (to think or analyze too much) · hu túlagyal (to think or analyze too much) · id lajak pikir (to think or analyze too much) · es pensar(lo) demasiado / demasiadamente (to think or analyze too much) · hu túl sokat gondolkodik/agyal/filozofál (to think or analyze too much) · es pensar(se / lo) / pensárselo dos veces (to think or analyze too much) · fi ylimiettiä (to think or analyze too much) · id pikir berlebih (to think or analyze too much) · id terus memikirkan (to think (sth) over) · de zerdenken (to think or analyze too much) · fr surpenser (to think or analyze too much) · el πολυσκέφτομαι (to think or analyze too much) · es pensar(lo) de más (to think or analyze too much) · fr surréfléchir (to think or analyze too much) · de abwägen (to think (sth) over) · de überlegen (to think (sth) over) · fi yliajatella (to think or analyze too much) · de überdenken (to think (sth) over)