Synonyms for overcrowding
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : oh-ver-kroud |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈkraʊd |
Top 10 synonyms for overcrowding Other synonyms for the word overcrowding
- abound
- advance
- bear
- block
- bunch
- bundle
- cataclysm
- cataract
- charge
- chock
- clog up
- clogging
- cluster
- compact
- congest
- congestion
- congregate
- cram
- crowd
- crowdedness
- crowding
- crush
- dam
- devour
- discharge
- drive
- elbow
- encroachment
- enforcement
- engorgement
- excess
- exuberance
- filled
- flock
- flooding
- force
- gather
- glut
- gobble
- gorge
- guzzle
- heap
- huddle
- infringement
- ingurgitate
- inundate
- jam
- jam-pack
- justle
- load
- mass
- mob
- muster
- Niagara
- overabundance
- overburden
- overcome
- overcrowd
- overcrowding
- overdevelopment
- overeat
- overfill
- overflow
- overkill
- overload
- overmuch
- overpopulation
- overproduction
- overrun
- oversupply
- pack
- pack 'em in
- pack in
- pack it in
- pack like sardines
- pile
- plethora
- plug
- pour
- press
- profusion
- propulsion
- push
- ram
- redundancy
- rubber-necking
- sardine
- satiate
- saturate
- shove
- sink
- slop
- slosh
- snarl-up
- snow
- snow under
- spate
- spill
- spillover
- squash
- squeeze
- squish
- stive
- stream
- stuff
- submerge
- submergence
- submerse
- submersion
- superfluity
- surfeit
- surge
- surplus
- swallow up
- swamp
- swarm
- tamp
- teem
- throng
- thrust
- top off
- torrent
- traffic jam
- troop
- upset
- wash
- waterlog
- wedge
- whelm
- wolf
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for overcrowding
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