overreaching

1. 1.

   revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights

   “vaulting ambition”

   Synonymsvaulting

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Questions about overreaching

What does overreaching mean?

overreaching means "revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights".

How many syllables are in overreaching?

overreaching has 4 syllables: o-ver-rea-ching. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈoʊvɚˌɹitʃɪŋ/.

What is another word for overreaching?

Close synonyms include vaulting. 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 overreaching a common word?

overreaching is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with overreaching?

1 word rhymes with overreaching. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.