overprotective

1. 1.

   overly protective

   “overprotective parents”

   Similarprotective

Questions about overprotective

What does overprotective mean?

overprotective means "overly protective".

How many syllables are in overprotective?

overprotective has 5 syllables: o-ver-pro-tec-tive. The stress falls on "tec". In IPA it is /ˌoʊvɚpɹəˈtɛktəv/.

Is overprotective a common word?

overprotective is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.