to be overcrowded
1overcrowded — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)kra͟ʊdɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n An overcrowded place has too many things or people in it. ...one of the most overcrowded prisons in the country. ...a windswept, overcrowded, unattractive beach... Morocco s capital, until… …
2overcrowded — o|ver|crowd|ed [ˌəuvəˈkraudıd US ˌouvər ] adj filled with too many people or things ▪ Staff had to work in overcrowded conditions . ▪ overcrowded housing …
3overcrowded — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈkraʊdɪd] / US [ˌoʊvərˈkraʊdəd] adjective containing too many people or things an overcrowded city/prison/classroom Conditions in the camp are very overcrowded …
4overcrowded — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become, get ADVERB ▪ extremely, very ▪ severely Overcrowd …
5overcrowded — adjective filled with too many people or things: an overcrowded room …
6overcrowded — adjective an overcrowded bus Syn: overfull, overflowing, full to overflowing/bursting, crammed full, congested, overpopulated, overpeopled, crowded, swarming, teeming; informal bursting/bulging at the seams, full to the gunwales, jam packed Ant:… …
7overcrowded — [ˌəʊvəˈkraʊdɪd] adj containing too many people or things overcrowded schools[/ex] …
8overcrowded — adj.; overcrowdedly, adv.; overcrowdedness, n. * * * …
9overcrowded — adjective Containing too many occupants for an area of its size …
10overcrowded — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. populous, jam packed, teeming. See multitude. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. congested, overbuilt, overpopulated; see full 1 …
