Words Like OVERDRIVE
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to OVERDRIVE.
    
    
    
        
            11 Alternative Words Similar to overdrive
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        4 examples of overdrive
           
        
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        cruising at 80 mph in overdrive
    
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        when they got their new supercomputer, their research kicked into overdrive; one look at her made his heart jump into overdrive
    
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        Overdriving people often suffer stress
    
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        Melissa's brain was in overdrive
    
       
    
    
        10 definitions of overdrive
           
        
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        To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.
    
    
    
 
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        A gearing device which causes the drive shaft of an automobile or other machine to rotate at a speed greater than that of the engine crankshaft.
    
    
    
 
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        The gear setting of a motor vehicle at which the overdrive{1} is operative.
    
    
    
 
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        A state of unusually intense activity; ; -- used mostly of the activities of persons or groups.
    
    
    
 
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        the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration
    
    
    
 
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        a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power
    
    
    
 
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        make use of too often or too extensively
    
    
    
 
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        A gearing mechanism of a motor vehicle engine that reduces the power output required to maintain driving speed in a specific range by lowering the gear ratio.
    
    
    
 
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        Informal   A state of heightened activity or concentration:  shifted into overdrive toward the end of the semester.