hyperactiveadjective
uk/ˌhaɪ.pərˈæk.tɪv/us/ˌhaɪ.pɚˈæk.tɪv/Someone who is hyperactive has more energy than is normal, gets excited easily, and cannot stay still or think about work:
Hyperactive children often have poor concentration and require very little sleep.
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hyper
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming too excited and easily upset
- ant
- antsy
- at the end of your tether idiom 1
- at the end of your tether
- be in a whirl idiom
- explosive
- high-strung
- highly strung
- hot under the collar idiom
- hyper
- hypersensitive
- hysteria
- hysterics
- sensitive
- shock
- stomach
- tether
- thin-skinned
- touchy
- worked up
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hyperactivity
noun [ U ] uk/ˌhaɪ.pər.ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us/ˌhaɪ.pɚ.ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/