Need another word that means the same as “overworked”? Find 21 synonyms and 30 related words for “overworked” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Overworked” are: stressed, under stress, stressed out, strained, overburdened, overloaded, exhausted, fatigued, hackneyed, worn, tired, stereotyped, clichéd, threadbare, stale, trite, banal, platitudinous, stock, unoriginal, derivative
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “overworked” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| banal | Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse. Songs with banal repeated words. |
| clichéd | Repeated regularly without thought or originality. |
| derivative | Originating from, based on, or influenced by. A highly derivative prose style. |
| exhausted | Drained of energy or effectiveness extremely tired completely exhausted. Impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil. |
| fatigued | Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted. |
| hackneyed | Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse. Hackneyed old sayings. |
| overburdened | Heavily burdened with work or cares. Overburdened social workers. |
| overloaded | Having been given an excessive amount of work, responsibility, or information. Overloaded emergency departments. |
| platitudinous | Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality. This may sound platitudinous. |
| stale | (of food) no longer fresh and pleasant to eat; hard, musty, or dry. Stale bread. |
| stereotyped | Viewed or represented as a stereotype. The film is weakened by its stereotyped characters. |
| stock | Of a product or type of product usually kept in stock and thus regularly available for sale. She faltered momentarily and then resorted to the teenager s favourite stock response whatever. |
| strained | Of a mainly liquid substance having been strained to separate out any solid matter. A strained smile. |
| stressed | Strengthened by the application of stress during manufacture prestressed. An iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in delay. |
| stressed out | Bearing a stress or accent. |
| threadbare | Having the nap worn away so that the threads show through. Repeating threadbare jokes. |
| tired | (especially of a statement or idea) boring or uninteresting because overfamiliar. Tired mothers with crying babies. |
| trite | Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse. This point may now seem obvious and trite. |
| under stress | Located below or beneath something else. |
| unoriginal | Lacking originality; derivative. His life had been unoriginal conforming completely to the given pattern. |
| worn | Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering. The worn pockets on the jacket. |
| bore | The diameter of a bore the calibre. An 1100 cc road bike bored out to 1168 cc. |
| bored | Uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence. She s bored out of her mind. |
| boring | So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. A boring evening with uninteresting people. |
| breakdown | A mental or physical breakdown. A breakdown in military discipline. |
| deflate | Become deflated or flaccid as by losing air. Deflate the air mattress. |
| dehydration | The loss or removal of water from something. From an inspection of plants undergoing dehydration there was no evidence of root damage. |
| desiccation | Dryness resulting from the removal of water. Long periods of drought have led to the desiccation of farming land. |
| dizziness | A reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall. The medicine can cause dizziness or nausea. |
| drowsiness | A feeling of being sleepy and lethargic; sleepiness. This drug can cause drowsiness. |
| exhausted | Drained of energy or effectiveness extremely tired completely exhausted. Exhausted peat workings. |
| exhaustion | Serious weakening and loss of energy. He was pale with exhaustion. |
| fatigue | Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody. They were fatigued by their journey. |
| fatigued | Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted. |
| giddiness | An impulsive scatterbrained manner. Symptoms include nausea vomiting and giddiness. |
| irksome | So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. Petty regulations were becoming very irksome. |
| jaded | Dulled by surfeit. I have to work tonight and I don t want to become totally jaded before I even get there. |
| lackluster | Lacking brilliance or vitality. A dull lackluster life. |
| limp | A tendency to limp a gait impeded by injury or stiffness. He limped off during Saturday s game. |
| malnutrition | A state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods. Children die every day from malnutrition and disease. |
| pall | Cover with a pall. Pall the beer. |
| puncture | Be pierced or punctured. Puncture a tire. |
| sunstroke | Heatstroke brought about by excessive exposure to the sun. |
| tire | Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress. The journey had tired her. |
| tired | Bored or impatient with. Tired clich s like the information revolution. |
| tiredness | Temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work. Depression and tiredness caused by overwork. |
| tiresome | Causing one to feel bored or annoyed. The tiresome chirping of a cricket. |
| wearied | Exhausted. |
| weariness | Reluctance to see or experience any more of something. Weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep. |
| wearisome | Causing one to feel tired or bored. Other people s dreams are dreadfully wearisome. |
| weary | Physically and mentally fatigued. War weary Americans. |
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