Usually means: Excessively guarding from potential harm.
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  1. overprotective: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. overprotective: Merriam-Webster
  3. overprotective: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. overprotective: Collins English Dictionary
  5. overprotective: Vocabulary.com
  6. Overprotective, overprotective: Wordnik
  7. overprotective: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. overprotective: Wiktionary
  9. overprotective: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. overprotective: Dictionary.com
  11. overprotective: Rhymezone
  12. overprotective: FreeDictionary.org
  13. overprotective: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. overprotective: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. overprotective: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. overprotective: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  excessively protective, wanting to give too much protection (especially to children)

Similar:
protective, hyperprotective, superprotective, overcareful, overdefensive, overparented, overcautious, overtrusting, overfriendly, overconcerned, more...

Opposite:
neglectful, lax, lenient, permissive

Types:
helicopter, lawnmower, snowplow, bubble, more...

Phrases:
jealous overprotective, very overprotective, more...



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Similar:
protective, hyperprotective, superprotective, overcareful, overdefensive, overparented, overcautious, overtrusting, overfriendly, overconcerned, more...

Opposite:
neglectful, lax, lenient, permissive

Types:
helicopter, lawnmower, snowplow, bubble, more...

Phrases:
jealous overprotective, very overprotective, more...



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