Synonyms for congestion
Most common
engorgement hyperperfusion overcrowding repletion overfullness
Definitions
- n. 1
The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding. An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.
Related words
- Word family
- congest
- Phrases
- rebound congestion
Forms
- Plural
- congestions → engorgements, hyperemias, hyperperfusions, overcrowdings…
Example sentences
- engorgement Dessert presents an opportunity for self-engorgement.
- overcrowding Tom had to have some teeth taken out because he had overcrowding.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| congestion | steady | |
| engorgement | steady | |
| hyperperfusion | rising | |
| overcrowding | falling | |
| repletion | steady | |
| overfullness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- plethora3
- 9 letters
- hyperemia, repletion
- 10 letters
- hyperaemia
- 11 letters
- engorgement
- 12 letters
- overcrowding4, overfullness
- 14 letters
- hyperperfusion
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (plethora3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- congestion