Usually means: Excessively praised beyond actual merit.
Definitions Related words Mentions Lyrics History
We found 17 dictionaries that define the word overrated:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. overrated: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. overrated: Merriam-Webster
  3. overrated: Collins English Dictionary
  4. overrated: Vocabulary.com
  5. Overrated, overrated: Wordnik
  6. overrated: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. overrated: Wiktionary
  8. Overrated, overrated: Dictionary.com
  9. overrated: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Overrated: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Overrated: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. Overrated: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. overrated: FreeDictionary.org
  14. overrated: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Overrated (WOW guild), overrated: Legal dictionary

(Note: See overrate as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Given an undue amount of credit for quality or merit in a field; not necessarily related to popularity.

Similar:
overestimate, overestimation, overreckoning, overcelebrated, overprivileged, pretentious, vaunted, famous for being famous, high on the totem pole, egotistical, more...

Opposite:
underrated, underappreciated, unappreciated, unnoticed

Types:
popular, mainstream, in, vogue, trendy, hip, more...



▸ Words similar to overrated

▸ Usage examples for overrated

▸ Idioms related to overrated

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular nouns described by overrated

▸ Words that often appear near overrated

▸ Rhymes of overrated

▸ Invented words related to overrated

Similar:
overestimate, overestimation, overreckoning, overcelebrated, overprivileged, pretentious, vaunted, famous for being famous, high on the totem pole, egotistical, more...

Opposite:
underrated, underappreciated, unappreciated, unnoticed

Types:
popular, mainstream, in, vogue, trendy, hip, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "overrated" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux