Synonyms for overcrowded

Grammar : Adj

Spell : oh-ver-kroud

Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈkraʊd

Définition of overcrowded

Origin : 1766, from over- + crowd (v.). Related: Overcrowded; overcrowding.

adj congested

Example sentences :

As the conductor had said, the cars were overcrowded, and they had to stand up in the aisle.
Extract from : « Dave Porter in the Gold Fields » by Edward Stratemeyer

There are, of course, horrible accidents, for the boats are overcrowded.
Extract from : « Trapped in 'Black Russia' » by Ruth Pierce

This school today, as it was then, is overcrowded and in need of better facilities.
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 » by Various

He went down stream the next morning, the Zaire overcrowded with Houssas.
Extract from : « Bones » by Edgar Wallace

They were overcrowded with business at their own prices, and disposed to be very dictatorial.
Extract from : « Lives of the Engineers » by Samuel Smiles

The room felt like a stuffy, overheated, overcrowded sepulchre.
Extract from : « The Rough Road » by William John Locke

It is just the same with the singing trade as it is in our overcrowded profession.
Extract from : « A Pirate of Parts » by Richard Neville

At midnight he had gravitated to the embankment, and found a seat not overcrowded.
Extract from : « The Man Who Lost Himself » by H. De Vere Stacpoole

“Yes, I know it is overcrowded,” said Bertram Chester, not a particle abashed.
Extract from : « The Readjustment » by Will Irwin

Swarms were preparing to leave the overcrowded British hives.
Extract from : « The Canadian Dominion » by Oscar D. Skelton

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