What does overzealous mean?

overzealous means "marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea".

How many syllables are in overzealous?

overzealous has 4 syllables: o-ver-zeal-ous. The stress falls on "zeal". In IPA it is /ˌoʊvɚˈzɛləs/.

What is another word for overzealous?

Close synonyms include fanatic, fanatical, rabid. 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 overzealous a common word?

overzealous 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 overzealous?

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

overzealous — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea
“rabid isolationist”
Synonymsfanatic fanatical rabid
Similarpassionate

Questions about overzealous

What does overzealous mean?: overzealous means "marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea".
How many syllables are in overzealous?: overzealous has 4 syllables: o-ver-zeal-ous. The stress falls on "zeal". In IPA it is /ˌoʊvɚˈzɛləs/.

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