Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. One who overachieves; one who has too much success.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a student who attains higher standards than expected based on the IQ score.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated
Etymologies
- over- + achiever (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I still see a black player labeled as an underachiever, while a white player who carries the same stats is called an overachiever.”
“The Jackal strikes me as the kind of overachiever who, assigned to kill a mosquito, would purchase contraband insecticides from Iraq and bring them into the United States by hot air balloon, distilling his drinking water from clouds and shooting birds for food.”
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“She redefines "overachiever" while doing tangibly good work for humanity, developing prosthetic arms with neural interfaces.”
“An "overachiever" in one of her classes has created a facebook group in order to upload and share his class notes”
“Writer, I'm sorry, but I stopped reading as soon as I saw the word "overachiever" describing your Protag.”
“Actually, 29 is kind of late for an "overachiever" to be getting her Ph.”
“I'm tired of them, because I read "overachiever" to mean someone in a job that's way beyond their abilities, their Harvard degree be damned.”
“The Suns looked much more like a contender than the "overachiever" label they've carried throughout the season in a 100-86 win at Utah on Wednesday, locking up the third seed in the West while sending the Jazz tumbling to fifth.”
“The term "overachiever" might be a more fitting label for the successful 31-year-old middleweight veteran as he has continued to evolve as a fighter, winning him the respect of MMA fans and pundits alike who have sung his praises for the majority of his mixed martial arts career.”
“The term "overachiever" might be a more fitting label for the successful 31-year-old middleweight veteran as he has continued to evolve as a fighter, winning him the respect of MMA fans and pundits alike who have sung his praises for the majority of his mixed martial arts career ....”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘overachiever’.
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It's Over: A Beginning
Terms that start with the string over-, beginning with overanxious.
Your entries are welcome.
overanxious, overachiever, oversimplified, overdone, overaccentuate, overact, overadjustment, overage, overaggressive, overalert, overalls, overambitious and 138 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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over-
above; upper; superior; eminent
overbearing, overrate, overshoot, overwhelm, overexert, overachiever, overact, overadjust, overambitious, overanalyze, overarching, overbooked and 42 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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logophile
viresce, infinitum, transient, nonpareil, anon, therianthropy, lycomania, halcyon, unblinkered, seraphim, nephilim, moros and 160 more...
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RecoveringOverachiever's Words
obsessed, condescending, grueling, catastrophe, traumatic, extravaganza, haiku, inappropriateness, awesome, aforementioned, exaggerate, dastardly and 23 more...
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people
authoress, arm candy, doppelganger, contender, portraitist, acolyte, hierophant, whistleblower, scrivener, querent, banshee, jester and 81 more...
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Err.. or?
hugger mugger, jaw dropper, do-gooder, illywhacker, teetotaller, lasher, overachiever, purveyor, horrorist
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