overpopulation

NOUN

congestion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bottleneck traffic jam

STRONG

crowding excess jam mass press profusion rubber-necking snarl-up surfeit surplus

WEAK

clogging crowdedness overcrowding overdevelopment

Antonyms

STRONG

flood flow opening

Example Sentences

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A long time ago the good town of Cologne was inhabited by a host of dwarfs, and the honest population knew a great many stories about them.

From Legends of the Rhine by Ruland, Wilhelm

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Human Geography - Middle School

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5th Grade Human Geography, List 1

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