hyperkinetic
adjective, noun
hyperkinetic is an adjective meaning “Of, relating to, or affected with hyperkinesis or hyperactivity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-K-I-N-E-T-I-C and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 20 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does hyperkinetic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of, relating to, or affected with hyperkinesis or hyperactivity.
noun
- 1
A person exhibiting hyperkinesis or hyperactivity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce hyperkinetic?
Hyperkinetic has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hyperkinetic
- hyperkinetics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hyperkinetic?
Hyperkinetic appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hyperkinetic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of, relating to, or affected with hyperkinesis or hyperactivity:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hyperkinétique |
| German | hyperkinetisch |
| Portuguese | hipercinético |
| Spanish | hipercinético |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hyperkinetic come from?
From hyper- + kinetic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).