overachiever
noun
over·achiev·er
ˌō-vər-ə-ˈchē-vər 
: one who achieves success over and above the standard or expected level especially at an early age
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She is an overachiever who plans to attend a top college.
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Arjun Malaviya is an overachiever and a planner.
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Vanessa Romo, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
The overachiever is the Darwin Tree of Life Project, which is sequencing all species in Britain and Ireland, and has contributed about half of all of the genomes recorded by the EBP so far.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
Byington built something special at James Madison and Vandy was arguably the biggest overachiever in the SEC last season.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Edelman is used to doing extra and being an overachiever.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Vanessa Romo, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
The overachiever is the Darwin Tree of Life Project, which is sequencing all species in Britain and Ireland, and has contributed about half of all of the genomes recorded by the EBP so far.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
Byington built something special at James Madison and Vandy was arguably the biggest overachiever in the SEC last season.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Edelman is used to doing extra and being an overachiever.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overachiever
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“Overachiever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overachiever. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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overachiever
noun
over·achiev·er
ˌōvər-ə-ˈchē-vər
: one who achieves success over and above the standard or expected level especially at an early age
Medical Definition
overachiever
noun
over·achiev·er
ˌō-və-rə-ˈchē-vər
: one who achieves success over and above the standard or expected level especially at an early age
overachieve
intransitive verb
overachieved; overachieving
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