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View synonyms for overachiever
overachiever
[ oh-ver-uh-chee-ver ]
noun
- a person who performs better or achieves more than people are generally expected to, often because of high ambition, pressure from family, etc.:
Ever the overachiever, he reached his sales goal for the year a whopping five months early.
- a person who performs, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of their mental ability or aptitude:
We found many overachievers with modest SAT scores who nevertheless achieved high GPAs across a variety of majors.
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