Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun over-crowding

1 sense of over-crowding

Sense 1
congestion, over-crowding -- (excessive crowding; "traffic congestion")
       => crowding -- (a situation in which people or things are crowded together; "he didn't like the crowding on the beach")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb over-crowd

2 senses of overcrowd

Sense 1
overcrowd -- (cause to crowd together too much; "The students overcrowded the cafeteria")
       => herd, crowd -- (cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom")

Sense 2
overcrowd -- (crowd together too much)
       => crowd, crowd together -- (to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah")

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