US /ˌoʊvɝˈgroʊn/
adj Freq #20600

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    covered with too many plants or plants that have grown too large

    The garden was overgrown after years of neglect.

  2. 2
    adj

    larger than expected without seeming fully mature

    He looked like an overgrown schoolboy in the old uniform.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · covered with too many... weed-chokeduntended
2 adj · larger than expected... oversized
More luxuriant
Opposites
Word family
Related forms growvegetation

Etymology

From over- + grown.

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