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Antonyms for overcrowding


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : oh-ver-kroud
Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈkraʊd



Definition of overcrowding

Origin :
  • 1766, from over- + crowd (v.). Related: Overcrowded; overcrowding.
  • As in overflow : noun flood, inundation
  • As in congestion : noun blockage
  • 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
Example sentences :
  • Sordid surroundings, ignorance, and overcrowding did the rest.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • The overcrowding in cottages leads to what may be called an indifference to decency.
  • Extract from : « The Toilers of the Field » by Richard Jefferies
  • Surely this must indicate that the cause of decay is not overcrowding.
  • Extract from : « Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? » by William Platt Ball
  • Diseases are due to dirt, to vice, to overcrowding, to want of common-sense.
  • Extract from : « Experiments on Animals » by Stephen Paget
  • "There will be no overcrowding to night," said Mrs. Blake bitterly.
  • Extract from : « Workhouse Characters » by Margaret Wynne Nevinson
  • It was not actual poverty which reigned in the house, but there was overcrowding.
  • Extract from : « The Son of a Servant » by August Strindberg
  • But the overcrowding and unhappy circumstances of the family continued.
  • Extract from : « The Son of a Servant » by August Strindberg
  • But there is no reason why we should deceive ourselves as to the results of overcrowding.
  • Extract from : « The Dwelling House » by George Vivian Poore
  • That overcrowding is facilitated by modern methods of sanitation.
  • Extract from : « The Dwelling House » by George Vivian Poore
  • In Shoreditch, in 1863, The tendency to overcrowding was increasing year by year.
  • Extract from : « The Sanitary Evolution of London » by Henry Lorenzo Jephson

Synonyms for overcrowding

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