overattentive
Too focused on
Overattentive means giving more attention than is warranted or welcome.
An overattentive waiter interrupts your meal too often.
An overattentive parent hovers anxiously.
The word suggests that attention, usually positive, has crossed into excess and become intrusive or smothering.
Keenly aware of danger
- watchfulCarefully attentive, observant
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- overprotectiveGuarding too zealously
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
supervising · scrutinizing · observant · alert · guarding · protective · solicitous · shadowing
One demanding flawlessness
- detail-orientedFocused on small elements
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
- scrupulousThorough and principled
- thoroughComplete in every detail
precise · punctilious · nitpicking · fussy · particular · finicky · exacting · overcautious
Prone to interfering
- nosyIntrusively curious
- pryingIntrusively inquisitive
- interferingIntruding in others' affairs
- obtrusiveUnpleasantly prominent or noticeable
invasive · busybody · officious · presumptuous · encroaching · probing · pestering · impertinent
vigilant
Keenly aware of danger
- watchfulCarefully attentive, observant
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- overprotectiveGuarding too zealously
monitoring · supervising · scrutinizing · observant · alert · guarding · protective · solicitous · shadowing · micromanaging
perfectionist
One demanding flawlessness
- detail-orientedFocused on small elements
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
- scrupulousThorough and principled
thorough · precise · punctilious · nitpicking · fussy · particular · finicky · exacting · overcautious · hypervigilant
meddlesome
Prone to interfering
- nosyIntrusively curious
- pryingIntrusively inquisitive
- interferingIntruding in others' affairs
obtrusive · invasive · busybody · officious · presumptuous · encroaching · probing · pestering · impertinent · inquisitive
overattentiveneglectful
Failing to care properly
inattentive · negligent · heedless · unmindful · oblivious
overattentivehands-off
Not directly involved
aloof · distant · detached · uninvolved · indifferent
attend, attention, attentive, attendant, attendance, inattentive, attentions, attentively, attentiveness