overthinkEtymologyFrom Middle English *overthenken, *overthenchen (compare Middle English overthinken (“to grieve; have regrets; be sorry; be anxious”)), from Old English oferþenċan (“to think over; consider”), equivalent to over- + think.overthink means to think about; think over. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 92 out of 100.verbTo think about; think over“But when I dred that wou'd not work, I overthought me of a Wile How I might at my leisure lurk, My graceless Guardain to beguile.”To think or analyze too much.“Don't overthink the problem. It's not that difficult.”To think too highly (of); overestimate“So to think of self as not to overthink — to think of yourself with sober, moral judgment.”