overenthusiastic

1. 1.

   unduly enthusiastic

   Similarenthusiastic

Questions about overenthusiastic

What does overenthusiastic mean?

overenthusiastic means "unduly enthusiastic".

How many syllables are in overenthusiastic?

overenthusiastic has 7 syllables and divides as o-ve-ren-thu-si-a-stic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is overenthusiastic a common word?

overenthusiastic 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.