Definitions for hyperactive

hyperactive hy·per·ac·tive

Spelling: [hahy-per-ak-tiv]
IPA: /ˌhaɪ pərˈæk tɪv/

Hyperactive is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 24 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 25 points.

You can make 861 anagrams from letters in hyperactive (aceehiprtvy).

Definitions for hyperactive

adjective

  1. unusually or abnormally active:
  2. (of children) displaying exaggerated physical activity sometimes associated with neurologic or psychologic causes.
  3. hyperkinetic.

Origin of hyperactive

First recorded in 1865-70; hyper- + active

Examples for hyperactive

The benefits of being labeled as hyperactive can continue well into college.

He did get his 15 minutes, however, which is a long time in the non-stop, hyperactive world of 4chan.

A growing number of students are gaming the system by getting themselves branded as hyperactive.

We must stimulate the apathetic and the sluggish; we must moderate the hyperactive; we must correct paresis, tics, etc.

She suggested he was hyperactive and that he cannot sit still in class.

Ritalin drives dopamine up in hyperactive children, and their activity decreases.

Following an all too predictable cycle of the hyperactive 21st century, focus on the explosion was ephemeral.

In hyperactive children the arms must first be restrained by holding them tight in our hands.

But the hyperactive Sarkozy is hypersensitive to these oft-repeated allegations of skullduggery.

Now, a new therapy might have these women filling up the same prescriptions as their hyperactive grandchildren.

Word Value for hyperactive
Scrable

24

Words with friends

25

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