adj, verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of overcrowd form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Containing too many occupants for an area of its size.

   "I've spent hours on overcrowded trains, and time on ones which were almost empty, because the recovery [from COVID] has been uneven."

Synonyms

All synonyms

crowd incrowd in

Example

More examples

"In the U.S., there are more prisoners than there is jail space for them. So the prisons are overcrowded."

Etymology

From over- + crowded.

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