CONGESTED: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CONGESTED?

Need another word that means the same as “congested”? Find 14 synonyms and 30 related words for “congested” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Congested” are: engorged, crowded, overcrowded, full, overfull, overflowing, full to bursting, full to overflowing, thronged, packed, jammed, teeming, swarming, overloaded

Congested as an Adjective

Definitions of "Congested" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “congested” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• (of the respiratory tract) blocked with mucus so as to hinder breathing.
• Overfull as with blood.
• (of a part of the body) abnormally full of blood.
• (of a road or place) so crowded with traffic or people as to hinder or prevent freedom of movement.

Synonyms of "Congested" as an adjective (14 Words)

crowded	Overfilled or compacted or concentrated. A very crowded room.
engorged	Overfull as with blood.
full	Constituting the full quantity or extent complete. The fuller figure.
full to bursting	Having the normally expected amount.
full to overflowing	Complete in extent or degree and in every particular.
jammed	Extremely crowed or filled to capacity. A suitcase jammed with dirty clothes.
overcrowded	(of accommodation or a space) filled beyond what is comfortable, safe, or desirable. The train was seriously overcrowded.
overflowing	Flooding or flowing over a surface or area. An overflowing tub.
overfull	Exceeding demand. An overfull cup of tea.
overloaded	(of an electrical system) having too great a demand put upon it. They were fed up with frequent electricity cuts to the building due to overloaded circuits.
packed	Pressed together or compressed. A packed theater.
swarming	Moving in or forming a large or dense group. A swarming mass of bodies.
teeming	Full of people or things; crowded. She walked through the teeming streets.
thronged	Filled with great numbers crowded together. I try to avoid the thronged streets and stores just before Christmas.

Usage Examples of "Congested" as an adjective

• The streets are often heavily congested with traffic.
• Congested arteries.
• His nose was congested.
• The congested streets of the West End.

Associations of "Congested" (30 Words)

bazaar	A market in a Middle Eastern country. The church bazaar.
bottleneck	The style of playing that uses a bottleneck. The bottleneck on Talbot Road.
bumper-to-bumper	A mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage.
congestion	Excessive crowding. The new bridge should ease congestion in the area.
cram	Force (people or things) into a place or container that is or appears to be too small to contain them. It s amazing how you ve managed to cram everyone in.
crowd	Cause to herd drive or crowd together. Free thinkers who don t follow the crowd.
crowded	(of a space) full of people, leaving little or no room for movement; packed. A crowded theater.
crystallized	(of fruit or ginger) coated and impregnated with sugar as a means of preservation. Quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized.
dense	Hard to pass through because of dense growth. Dense vegetation.
impede	Delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder. The sap causes swelling which can impede breathing.
jam	A hold obtained by jamming a part of the body such as a hand or foot into a crack in the rock. An ultra catchy jam driven by the drums but given substance by the interjection of horns.
jammed	Filled to capacity. A suitcase jammed with dirty clothes.
mob	A disorderly crowd of people. A mob of protesters.
multitude	A large number of people or things. A multitude of medical conditions are due to being overweight.
nonporous	Not porous; especially not having vessels that appear as pores.
obstruct	Block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of. Fears that the regime would obstruct the distribution of food.
occlude	Cover (an eye) to prevent its use. Occluded within these crystals are other molecules.
overcrowd	Cause to crowd together too much. The students overcrowded the cafeteria.
packed	Pressed together or compressed. A packed theater.
pickle	A pickled cucumber. All right me pickle said Dad.
pile	Place or lay as if in a pile. His in tray was piled high with papers.
pressed	(of juice or oil) extracted by crushing or squeezing fruit, vegetables, etc. Immaculately pressed trousers.
rabble	A disorderly crowd of people. He was met by a rabble of noisy angry youths.
rout	Defeat disastrously. In a matter of minutes the attackers were routed.
teeming	Abundantly filled with especially living things. She walked through the teeming streets.
thick	Not thin of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions. The ground was thick with yellow leaves.
thickly	In a closely compacted or crowded manner. The meat was too thickly cut and impossible to chew.
throng	Flock or be present in great numbers. Tourists thronged to the picturesque village.
toast	Slices of bread that have been toasted. Place under a hot grill until the nuts have toasted.
traffic	Vehicles moving on a public highway. Traffic drugs.