Synonyms for congestion
kənˈdʒɛs tʃəncon·ges·tion

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1. congestion

   Synonyms:
   congeries, accumulation, glomeration, redundancy, plethora

   Antonyms:
   dissipation, diffusion, clearance, evacuation, colliquation

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1. congestionnoun

   excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part

   Synonyms:
   over-crowding

2. congestion, over-crowdingnoun

   excessive crowding

   "traffic congestion"

   Synonyms:
   over-crowding

Matched Categories

1. • Crowding
   • Symptom

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1. congestionnoun

   Synonyms:
   repletion, plethora

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1. List of paraphrases for "congestion":

   congested, overcrowding, crowding, waterlogging, overload, crowdedness, saturation, busy, gridlock

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1. Holly Phillips:

   They make your nose run and your eyes water, and that may provide some temporary relief from congestion.

2. Parash Jain:

   If anything, unwinding of the backlog initiated following congestion in Yantian terminal could take months, as the onset of the peak season will mean demand will only further increase.

3. Bill Eisele:

   Congestion is mirroring the national trend.

4. Felix Papier:

   We have congestion at seaports ; we have a shortage of containers because transportation volumes went up, we have a shortage of logistics workers in different segments around the world.

5. Vincent Zhou:

   It felt like a mild cold. I think the worst thing was probably a sore throat and some congestion. Like, that was the worst of it.