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overthink¹

verb overthinks · overthinking · overthought

  1. To think or analyze too much. Don't overthink the problem. It's not that difficult.

    Opposite: underthink

  2. rare To think too highly (of); overestimate So to think of self as not to overthink — to think of yourself with sober, moral judgment.

    Similar: overapproximate, overstate, overestimate, overhold, overrate, overreckon, overthink · Opposite: understate, misunderestimate, sell short, underapproximate, underestimate, underguess, underjudge, underrate, underreckon

overthink²

Where it comes from

From Middle English *overthenken, *overthenchen (compare Middle English overthinken (“to grieve; have regrets; be sorry; be anxious”)), from Old English oferþenċan (“to think over; consider”), equivalent to over- + think.

verb overthinks · overthinking · overthought

  1. archaic 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.

    Similar: bethink, mull, quander, afterthink, agitate, call to mind, chew, chew over, chew the cud, cogitate, consider, contemplate

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verb to think (sth) over

Deutschabwägen, überdenken, überlegen

verb to think or analyze too much

Españolpensar(lo) demasiado / demasiadamente, pensar(lo) de más, pensar(se / lo) / pensárselo dos veces
中文想太多
Françaissurpenser, surréfléchir
Deutschzerdenken
Ελληνικάπολυσκέφτομαι polyskéftomai

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@misc{overthink_2026,
  title = {overthink},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overthink},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}