hyperactive
[ hahy-per-ak-tiv ]
adjective
unusually or abnormally active: a company's hyperactive growth; the child's hyperactive imagination.
(of children) displaying exaggerated physical activity sometimes associated with neurologic or psychologic causes.
Origin of hyperactive
1Other words from hyperactive
- hy·per·ac·tion [hahy-per-ak-shuhn], /ˌhaɪ pərˈæk ʃən/, noun
- hy·per·ac·tive·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for hyperactive
hyperactive
/ (ˌhaɪpərˈæktɪv) /
adjective
abnormally active
Derived forms of hyperactive
- hyperaction, noun
- hyperactivity, noun
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