'overreact' definitions:
Definition of 'overreact'
(from WordNet)
verb
Show an exaggerated response to something; "Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy"
Synonyms of 'overreact'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- ballyhoo,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- draw the longbow,
- exaggerate,
- exhaust,
- go overboard,
- go to extremes,
- go too far,
- hyperbolize,
- idealize,
- know no bounds,
- lay it on,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- overact,
- overappraise,
- overassess,
- overcalculate,
- overcarry,
- overcharge,
- overcount,
- overdevelop,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overdrive,
- overelaborate,
- overemphasize,
- overesteem,
- overestimate,
- overexercise,
- overexert,
- overexpend,
- overindulge,
- overlabor,
- overmeasure,
- overplay,
- overpraise,
- overprize,
- overrate,
- overreach,
- overreact to,
- overreckon,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overspend,
- overstate,
- overstrain,
- overstress,
- overstudy,
- overtask,
- overtax,
- overtrain,
- overuse,
- overvalue,
- overwork,
- pass all bounds,
- pile it on,
- protest too much,
- puff,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- tout,
- travesty