'overdrive' definitions:
Definition of 'overdrive'
From: WordNet
noun
The state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration; "Troops are ready to go into overdrive as soon as the signal is given"; "Melissa's brain was in overdrive"
noun
A high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power
verb
Drive or work too hard; "The teacher is overworking his students"; "Overdriving people often suffer stress"
verb
Make use of too often or too extensively [syn: overuse, overdrive]
Synonyms of 'overdrive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- automatic transmission,
- burden,
- busy,
- carry too far,
- cogwheel,
- differential,
- differential gear,
- drive,
- exaggerate,
- exhaust,
- fag,
- freewheel,
- gear,
- gear train,
- gearbox,
- gearing,
- gearshift,
- gearwheel,
- go overboard,
- go to extremes,
- go too far,
- high,
- Hydromatic,
- intermediate,
- keep busy,
- know no bounds,
- low,
- neutral,
- oppress,
- overact,
- overcarry,
- overdevelop,
- overdo,
- overelaborate,
- overemphasize,
- overexercise,
- overexert,
- overexpend,
- overindulge,
- overlabor,
- overplay,
- overreact,
- overspend,
- overstrain,
- overstress,
- overstudy,
- overtask,
- overtax,
- overtrain,
- overuse,
- overwork,
- pass all bounds,
- protest too much,
- rack,
- reverse,
- standard transmission,
- stick shift,
- sweat,
- synchromesh,
- task,
- tax,
- transmission,
- work