We were delayed by traffic congestion, so we had to hurry.
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Congestion
//kənˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən//
Synonyms for "congestion" (90 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (45)
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2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
9 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
64 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- اِحْتِقَان noun (accumulation, buildup)
- اِحْتِقَان noun (medicine: blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive)
Bulgarian
2 entries- задръстване noun (excess of traffic)
- натрупване noun (accumulation, buildup)
Czech
3 entries- nahromadění noun (accumulation, buildup)
- zahlcení noun (accumulation, buildup)
- zácpa noun (excess of traffic)
Danish
2 entries- tilstopning noun (accumulation, buildup)
- trængsel noun (excess of traffic)
Dutch
2 entries- opstopping noun (excess of traffic)
- verstopping noun (accumulation, buildup)
Finnish
2 entries- liikenneruuhka noun (excess of traffic)
- ruuhka noun (excess of traffic)
French
2 entries- bouchon noun (excess of traffic)
- embouteillage noun (excess of traffic)
Galician
3 entries- atasco noun (excess of traffic)
- atoamento noun (excess of traffic)
- conxestión noun (accumulation, buildup)
German
3 entries- leichter Stau noun (excess of traffic)
- leichter Verkehrsstau noun (excess of traffic)
- stockender Verkehr noun (excess of traffic)
Hebrew
2 entries- גודש noun (accumulation, buildup)
- עומס תנועה noun (excess of traffic)
Hungarian
4 entries- dugulás noun (medicine: an excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion)
- dugó noun (excess of traffic)
- forgalmi zavar noun (excess of traffic)
- orrdugulás noun (medicine: an excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion)
Icelandic
2 entries- umferðarhnútur noun (excess of traffic)
- umferðarteppa noun (excess of traffic)
Irish
2 entries- brú tráchta noun (excess of traffic)
- plódú tráchta noun (excess of traffic)
Macedonian
1 entries- сообраќаен метеж noun (excess of traffic)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- xitimî noun (accumulation, buildup)
Persian
1 entries- ازدحام noun (excess of traffic)
Polish
2 entries- zator noun (accumulation, buildup)
- zator noun (excess of traffic)
Russian
3 entries- зато́р noun (excess of traffic)
- про́бка noun (excess of traffic)
- скопле́ние noun (accumulation, buildup)
Slovak
4 entries- kongescia noun (excess of traffic)
- nahromadenie noun (accumulation, buildup)
- nakopenie noun (accumulation, buildup)
- zahltenie noun (accumulation, buildup)
Spanish
3 entries- atasco noun (excess of traffic)
- congestión noun (accumulation, buildup)
- congestión noun (excess of traffic)
Swedish
4 entries- anhopning noun (accumulation, buildup)
- sammanhopning noun (accumulation, buildup)
- stockning noun (excess of traffic)
- trängsel noun (excess of traffic)
Urdu
2 entries- بھیڑ noun (excess of traffic)
- بھیڑ بھاڑ noun (excess of traffic)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
In spite of the terrible congestion, I was in time for the appointment.
Source: tatoeba (34737)
Our delay was due to traffic congestion.
Source: tatoeba (247279)
We know how to get around traffic congestion.
Source: tatoeba (248670)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.