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. Elon Musk:

   We're obviously at the early stages here. This is a prototype. We're figuring things out, i think there is a path to alleviating traffic congestion in cities.

2. Allen Sills:

   Symptom reporting is more important than ever, vaccinated people may have very different symptoms. Last year, for those who had COVID-19, they might have a high fever and chills and trouble breathing... and with the vaccination they may have only nasal congestion or a mild sore throat or a headache or fatigue.

3. Carlos Gallegos:

   And I have to tell you, what I saw was horrible. What I saw was horrible, you could hear him struggling with the breathing ... It sounded like firecrackers going off on his chest. You could just hear the congestion.

4. 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.

5. Lanette Looney:

   Within two days of being here, we had four Guard members that were symptomatic with sore throats, headaches, body aches, fever, nasal congestion, and they all tested positive for Covid.