overcapitalize

1. 1.

   estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level

   Synonymsovercapitalise

   Broadercapitalize
2. 2.

   overestimate the market value of

   “overcapitalize a property”

   Synonymsovercapitalise

   Broaderoverestimate
3. 3.

   capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant

   Synonymsovercapitalise

   Broadercapitalize

Other forms of overcapitalize

past tense

overcapitalized·

present participle

overcapitalizing·

third person

overcapitalizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about overcapitalize

What does overcapitalize mean?

overcapitalize means "estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in overcapitalize?

overcapitalize has 6 syllables: o-ver-ca-pi-ta-lize. The stress falls on "pi".

What is another word for overcapitalize?

Close synonyms include overcapitalise, overcapitalise, overcapitalise. 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 overcapitalize a common word?

overcapitalize 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.