- abnormally active
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
hy•per•ac•tive /ˌhaɪpərˈæktɪv/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- unusually or abnormally active.
hy•per•ac•tive
(hī′pər ak′tiv),USA pronunciation adj.
hy•per•ac•tion
(hī′pər ak′shən),USA pronunciation n.
hy′per•ac′tive•ly, adv.
- unusually or abnormally active:a company's hyperactive growth; the child's hyperactive imagination.
- Medicine, Pathology, Psychiatry(of children) displaying exaggerated physical activity sometimes associated with neurologic or psychologic causes.
- hyperkinetic.
- 1865–70; hyper- + active
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hyperactive /ˌhaɪpərˈæktɪv/ adj
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