OVERACHIEVER Definition & Meaning

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overachiever

[ oh-ver-uh-chee-ver ]

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noun

a person who performs better or achieves more than people are generally expected to, often because of high ambition, pressure from family, etc.:
Ever the overachiever, he reached his sales goal for the year a whopping five months early.
a person who performs, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of their mental ability or aptitude:
We found many overachievers with modest SAT scores who nevertheless achieved high GPAs across a variety of majors.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of overachiever¹

First recorded in 1935–40; over- ( def ) + achieve ( def ) + -er ¹( def )

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Flack considered herself an overachiever, a stubborn perfectionist and was given to self-reflection.

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Harris recalls being an overachiever as a child and aspiring to become an obstetrician.

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He could be a special adviser, coaxing the best out of overachievers like himself.

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Mr. Cherry is best known for his role as the snarky overachiever Dylan in the dystopian Apple TV+ workplace thriller series “Severance.”

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An overachiever with a resume to dwarf her husband’s, she can’t understand why she’s not president — or rather, she has grown tired of accepting the sexist reason.

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