overthink verb3 •To think or analyze too much.Don't overthink the problem. It's not that difficult. •(rare) To think too highly (of); overestimateSo to think of self as not to overthink — to think of yourself with sober, moral judgment. — 1859 •(no longer used) To think about; think overBut 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. — 1695 formsoverthought · overthunk · overthinking · overthinks