- bottleneck
- overpopulation
- traffic jam
- crowding
- excess
- jam
- mass
- press
- profusion
- rubber-necking
- snarl-up
- surfeit
- surplus
- clogging
- crowdedness
- overcrowding
- overdevelopment
On this page you’ll find 29 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to congestion, such as: bottleneck, overpopulation, traffic jam, crowding, excess, and jam.
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WORDS RELATED TO CONGESTION
- barrier
- block
- blockage
- clog
- congestion
- hindrance
- holdup
- impediment
- jam
- obstruction
- snag
- traffic jam
- adequateness
- ampleness
- amplitude
- broadness
- completeness
- completion
- comprehensiveness
- congestion
- copiousness
- curvaceousness
- dilation
- distension
- enlargement
- entirety
- extensiveness
- fill
- glut
- plenitude
- plenty
- plenum
- profusion
- repletion
- roundness
- satiation
- satiety
- saturation
- scope
- sufficiency
- surfeit
- swelling
- totality
- tumescence
- vastness
- voluptuousness
- wealth
- wholeness
- wideness
- barrier
- blockage
- bottleneck
- clog
- congestion
- impasse
- logjam
- obstacle
- stoppage
- Niagara
- advance
- cataclysm
- cataract
- congestion
- deluge
- discharge
- encroachment
- enforcement
- engorgement
- excess
- exuberance
- flash flood
- flooding
- infringement
- overabundance
- overcrowding
- overkill
- overmuch
- overproduction
- plethora
- pour
- propulsion
- push
- redundancy
- spate
- spill
- spillover
- submergence
- submersion
- superfluity
- surfeit
- surplus
- torrent
- bottleneck
- congestion
- gridlock
- heavy traffic
- jam
- road rage
- traffic jam
- adequateness
- ampleness
- amplitude
- broadness
- completeness
- completion
- comprehensiveness
- congestion
- copiousness
- curvaceousness
- dilation
- distension
- engorgement
- enlargement
- entirety
- extensiveness
- fill
- glut
- plenitude
- plenty
- plenum
- profusion
- repletion
- roundness
- satiety
- saturation
- scope
- sufficiency
- surfeit
- swelling
- totality
- tumescence
- vastness
- voluptuousness
- wealth
- wholeness
- wideness
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absorption, blockade, concentration, condensation, consistency, en.synonym.one, constriction, deluge, engorgement, impasse, impediment, inundation, obstacle, over-crowding, overflow, overload, plethora, reduction, saturation, solidity, superabundance, thickness, torrent.
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congestionnoun
excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part
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congestion, over-crowdingnoun
excessive crowding
«traffic congestion»
Synonyms:
over-crowding
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Tim Bartik:
I suspect that Amazon gets more blame for Seattle’s issues with congestion because of Amazon’s size.
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Dean Trantalis:
This could be a truly innovative way to reduce traffic congestion.
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Olivier Jankovec:
The immediate impact would be unprecedented levels of congestion and flight disruptions, with potential spillover effects across the entire European airport network.
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Alan Tan:
Unlimited flight capacity is meaningless if airport and slot congestion remains unaddressed by governments.
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Scott Sherin:
It’s logical that United States has n’t yet developed a nationwide high-speed network, for decades, traveling by car was n’t a hardship, but as highway congestion gets worse, we’ve reached a stage where we should start looking more seriously at the alternatives.
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