Home › Words › O › overkeepoverkeepoverkeep means to keep or observe too strictly.EtymologyFrom over- + keep.verbTo keep or observe too strictly.To keep too long.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.overgovern 66% match — To govern with too much rigidity or precision. vs overkeep →overcontrol 64% match — To control to too great a degree. vs overkeep →overkeenness 63% match — Excessive keenness. vs overkeep →overcherish 61% match — To cherish excessively. vs overkeep →overarrange 61% match — To arrange excessively or too precisely. vs overkeep →hyperobservance 61% match — Extreme observance. vs overkeep →overstore 61% match — To overstock; to save more than is needed. vs overkeep →overconform 61% match — To conform to a greater extent than necessary or desirable. vs overkeep →