Usually means: Excessively enthusiastic to an extreme.
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  1. overzealous: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. overzealous: Merriam-Webster
  3. overzealous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. overzealous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. overzealous: Collins English Dictionary
  6. overzealous: Vocabulary.com
  7. Overzealous, overzealous: Wordnik
  8. overzealous: Wiktionary
  9. overzealous: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Overzealous, overzealous: Dictionary.com
  11. overzealous: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Overzealous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. overzealous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. overzealous: Rhymezone
  15. Overzealous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. overzealous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. overzealous: FreeDictionary.org
  18. overzealous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. overzealous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Too zealous; too enthusiastic or fervent.

Similar:
fanatical, passionate, rabid, fanatic, over-zealous, superzealous, ultrazealous, overjealous, overenthusiastic, zealous, more...

Opposite:
understated, restrained, moderate, cautious

Types:
fanatic, rabid, zealous, extremist, militant, more...

Phrases:
overzealous fan, be an overzealous fan, overzealous soccer fan, more...

Colors:
    fiery red,     electric blue,     vivid orange,     bold purple,     hot pink, more...


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Similar:
fanatical, passionate, rabid, fanatic, over-zealous, superzealous, ultrazealous, overjealous, overenthusiastic, zealous, more...

Opposite:
understated, restrained, moderate, cautious

Types:
fanatic, rabid, zealous, extremist, militant, more...

Phrases:
overzealous fan, be an overzealous fan, overzealous soccer fan, more...

Colors:
    fiery red,     electric blue,     vivid orange,     bold purple,     hot pink, more...



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