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")