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Antonyms for overcrowd
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : oh-ver-kroud |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈkraʊd |
Definition of overcrowd
Origin :- 1766, from over- + crowd (v.). Related: Overcrowded; overcrowding.
- As in swamp : verb overwhelm, flood
- As in congest : verb clog
- As in jam-pack : verb crowd
- As in cram : verb fill to overflowing; compress
- As in crowd : verb cram, press into area
- As in deluge : verb overwhelm
- One of the secrets of success in society is not to overcrowd anything.
- Extract from : « The Smart Set » by Clyde Fitch
- The result of this, therefore, was further excessive increases in rental rates, which greatly enhanced the tendency to overcrowd.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 » by Various
- Aaron counted for less than nothing in a world he helped to overcrowd, and of which he perceived very little.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- For however the Imperialists squandered their lives, they would yet overcrowd death.
- Extract from : « The Missourian » by Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
- Rather than overcrowd his ships and to spare his supplies, he refused to take any of the latter.
- Extract from : « De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Trans. by Francis Augustus MacNutt
- When so large a number of the larvæ hatch out as to overcrowd the hive, it is the function of the queen to lead forth a swarm.
- Extract from : « Animal Intelligence » by George J. Romanes
- There will be some careful pruning done for the good of the human race, which, as it is, threatens to overcrowd the earth.
- Extract from : « Her Royal Highness Woman » by Max O'Rell
- The effect of them was merely to call into existence a class of poor tenements in odd corners or to overcrowd the existing houses.
- Extract from : « A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) » by Charles Creighton
- If the wedding is a small one great care should be taken lest the guests are so numerous as to overcrowd the church or home.
- Extract from : « Book of Etiquette » by Lillian Eichler
- These high rents caused the Negroes to overcrowd in order to be able to pay the same.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 » by Various
Synonyms for overcrowd
- abound
- bear
- beset
- besiege
- block
- bunch
- bundle
- charge
- chock
- choke
- clog up
- cluster
- compact
- congest
- congregate
- cram
- crowd
- crush
- dam
- deluge
- devour
- drench
- drive
- drown
- elbow
- engulf
- filled
- flock
- flood
- force
- gather
- glut
- gobble
- gorge
- guzzle
- heap
- huddle
- ingurgitate
- inundate
- jam
- jam-pack
- justle
- load
- mass
- mob
- muster
- overburden
- overcome
- overcrowd
- overeat
- overfill
- overflow
- overload
- overrun
- oversupply
- pack
- pack 'em in
- pack in
- pack it in
- pack like sardines
- pile
- plug
- press
- push
- ram
- sardine
- satiate
- saturate
- shove
- sink
- slop
- slosh
- snow
- snow under
- squash
- squeeze
- squish
- stive
- stream
- stuff
- submerge
- submerse
- surfeit
- surge
- swallow up
- swamp
- swarm
- tamp
- teem
- throng
- thrust
- top off
- troop
- upset
- wash
- waterlog
- wedge
- whelm
- wolf
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