over-correct

1. 1.

   make excessive corrections for fear of making an error

   Synonymsovercompensate

   Broaderright

Questions about over-correct

What does over-correct mean?

over-correct means "make excessive corrections for fear of making an error".

How many syllables are in over-correct?

over-correct has 4 syllables: o-ver--cor-rect. The stress falls on "ver-".

What is another word for over-correct?

Close synonyms include overcompensate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is over-correct a common word?

over-correct is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.