overambitious
adjective
overambitious is spelled O-V-E-R-A-M-B-I-T-I-O-U-S: 13 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, overambitious means “Excessively ambitious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in overambitious?
| Letters | 13: O-V-E-R-A-M-B-I-T-I-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 154,067th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is overambitious?
Overambitious appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th 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).
How do you pronounce overambitious?
Overambitious 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).
What does overambitious mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Excessively ambitious.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Overambitious in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense excessively ambitious:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | rampante, sobreambicioso |
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 overambitious come from?
From over- + ambitious.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).