Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overthink
Participle: overthought
Gerund: overthinking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overthink |
| you | overthink |
| he;she;it | overthinks |
| we | overthink |
| you | overthink |
| they | overthink |
Perfect
| I | have overthought |
| you | have overthought |
| he;she;it | has overthought |
| we | have overthought |
| you | have overthought |
| they | have overthought |
Past
| I | overthought |
| you | overthought |
| he;she;it | overthought |
| we | overthought |
| you | overthought |
| they | overthought |
Pluperfect
| I | had overthought |
| you | had overthought |
| he;she;it | had overthought |
| we | had overthought |
| you | had overthought |
| they | had overthought |
Future
| I | will overthink |
| you | will overthink |
| he;she;it | will overthink |
| we | will overthink |
| you | will overthink |
| they | will overthink |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overthought |
| you | will have overthought |
| he;she;it | will have overthought |
| we | will have overthought |
| you | will have overthought |
| they | will have overthought |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overthink |
| you | overthink |
| he;she;it | overthink |
| we | overthink |
| you | overthink |
| they | overthink |
Perfect
| I | have overthought |
| you | have overthought |
| he;she;it | have overthought |
| we | have overthought |
| you | have overthought |
| they | have overthought |
Imperfect
| I | overthought |
| you | overthought |
| he;she;it | overthought |
| we | overthought |
| you | overthought |
| they | overthought |
Pluperfect
| I | had overthought |
| you | had overthought |
| he;she;it | had overthought |
| we | had overthought |
| you | had overthought |
| they | had overthought |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overthink |
| you | would overthink |
| he;she;it | would overthink |
| we | would overthink |
| you | would overthink |
| they | would overthink |
Perfect
| I | would have overthought |
| you | would have overthought |
| he;she;it | would have overthought |
| we | would have overthought |
| you | would have overthought |
| they | would have overthought |
Imperative
| you | overthink |
| we | Let's overthink |
| you | overthink |
Verbs conjugated like 'overthink'
bethink,
methink,
think,
afterthink,
interthink,
outthink,
overthink,
rethink,
umbethink,
underthink,
Verbs similar to 'overthink'
overthin,
overdrink,
overink,
overlink,
overshine,
afterthink,
bethink,
forethink,
forthink,
interthink,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *úp
3. Proto-Indo-European *-er
4. Proto-Indo-European *upér
5. Proto-Germanic *uber
6. Old English ofer-
7. Middle English over-
8. English over-
9. Proto-Indo-European *teng-der.
10. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną
11. Proto-West Germanic *þankijan
12. Old English þenċan
13. Middle English thinken
14. English think
15. English overthink
16. From over- + think.
Verbs referencing "overthink"
German, old spelling
überdenken.
Sample Sentences
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Don't overthink the problem. It's not that difficult.
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Mr. Trump “thinks about it as just like whatever entertains him, but as he’s doing that, he’s bringing people together,’” Mr. Ceraso said in a phone interview on Sunday before the event. Democrats, he added, should “stop trying to overthink it.” [2026 June 14, Bayliss Wagner, “Trump’s U.F.C. Event Comes as Backing of Young Men, Once a Strength, Wanes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]
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So to think of self as not to overthink — to think of yourself with sober, moral judgment. [1859, Henry Ward Beecher, Sermons, page 25:]