Home › Words › O › overtaskovertaskovertask means to task too heavily; to give someone or something too many tasks; to overburden.EtymologyFrom over- + task.verbTo task too heavily; to give someone or something too many tasks; to overburden.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.overtackle 67% match — To use or equip with excessive tackle. vs overtask →overtag 65% match — To place too many tags on. vs overtask →overtill 64% match — To till too much. vs overtask →overlade 63% match — To load with too great a cargo or other burden; overburden; overload. vs overtask →overworked 63% match — Subjected to too much work. vs overtask →overteach 62% match — To teach too much. vs overtask →overtoil 62% match — To weary (someone or something) excessively; to exhaust or tire out by working too much. vs overtask →overheavily 61% match — Too heavily. vs overtask →