Synonyms for Overcrowding:

• n.

  •congestion (noun)
  • crowding,
  • mass,
  • profusion,
  • traffic jam,
  • Clogging,
  • surfeit,
  • press,
  • excess,
  • bottleneck,
  • jam.
  •overflow (noun)
  • encroachment,
  • propulsion,
  • advance,
  • over-abundance,
  • plethora,
  • torrent,
  • flooding,
  • flash flood,
  • overmuch,
  • niagaras,
  • deluge,
  • engorgement,
  • spillover,
  • pour,
  • enforcement,
  • spate,
  • redundancy,
  • cataract,
  • superfluity,
  • spillovers,
  • submersion,
  • spill,
  • overproduction,
  • infringement,
  • discharge,
  • Submersions,
  • niagara,
  • overkill,
  • submergence,
  • overabundance,
  • exuberance,
  • over-production,
  • push,
  • cataclysm.

• v.

  •congest (verb)
  • block,
  • plug,
  • dam,
  • overburden,
  • filled,
  • clog up.
  •cram (verb)
  • squeeze,
  • crowd,
  • chock,
  • ingurgitate,
  • compact,
  • overeat,
  • Stive,
  • devour,
  • squash,
  • overcrowd,
  • ram,
  • wolf,
  • force,
  • slop,
  • pack 'em in,
  • charge,
  • stuff,
  • pack like sardines,
  • jam-pack,
  • pack it in,
  • slosh,
  • gobble,
  • drive,
  • sardine,
  • gorge,
  • wedge,
  • crush,
  • heap,
  • choke,
  • thrust,
  • guzzle,
  • overfill,
  • pack,
  • tamp,
  • shove,
  • satiate,
  • pack in,
  • load.
  •crowd (verb)
  • bunch,
  • bear,
  • flock,
  • pile,
  • surge,
  • Justle,
  • throng,
  • congest,
  • stream,
  • muster,
  • swarm,
  • huddle,
  • cluster,
  • congregate,
  • gather,
  • bundle,
  • troop,
  • top off,
  • squish,
  • elbow,
  • swamp.
  •deluge (verb)
  • flood,
  • abound,
  • snow,
  • oversupply,
  • teem,
  • glut,
  • inundate,
  • overload,
  • overcome,
  • engulf,
  • snow under,
  • overrun.
  •swamp (verb)
  • wash,
  • submerse,
  • upset,
  • saturate,
  • whelm,
  • beset,
  • drown,
  • besiege,
  • sink,
  • submerge,
  • waterlog,
  • swallow up,
  • drench.

• Other synonyms:

  •overpopulation
  • overbuilding,
  • Population Explosion.

Paraphrases for Overcrowding:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    over-crowded.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    overpopulation.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    crowds.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    crowding.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    crowding.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    overcrowdings.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    overpopulated, overloaded.
  • Noun, plural
    bottlenecks, obstacles, jams.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    crowdedness.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    overcrowded, crowded, congested, cramped.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    congestion.

Antonyms for Overcrowding:

• n.

  • congestion
    necessity, lack, opening, need, want.
  • overflow
    insufficiency, discouragement.

• v.

  • congest
    unblock.
  • cram
    fast, abstain, surrender, release, yield, let go, let out, open, nibble, diet, uncompress, pull.
  • crowd
    disperse, leave, scatter, spread, throw away, separate, retreat, distribute, abandon, divide.
  • deluge
    underwhelm.
  • swamp
    float, pass up, dry.

Overcrowding Sentence Examples:

• Many sheep are injured by overcrowding, so I have my gates and doors very wide.

• The immediate cause was overcrowding.