hyperactive

[ hahy-per-ak-tiv ]
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adjective
  1. unusually or abnormally active: a company's hyperactive growth; the child's hyperactive imagination.

  2. (of children) displaying exaggerated physical activity sometimes associated with neurologic or psychologic causes.

Origin of hyperactive

1
First recorded in 1865–70; hyper- + active

Other 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
  1. abnormally active

Derived forms of hyperactive

  • hyperaction, noun
  • hyperactivity, noun

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