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. Mr Musk:

   It’s a really simple and obvious idea and I wish more people would do it: build more tunnels, tunnels are great. It’s just a hole in the ground, it’s not that hard. But if you have tunnels in cities you would massively alleviate congestion and you could have tunnels at all different levels; you could probably have 30 layers of tunnels and completely fix the congestion problem in high-density cities. So, I strongly recommend tunnels.

2. Young Sohn:

   As an industry we must join together to use the power of IoT to address challenges posed by issues such as aging population demographics, water shortages, increasing traffic congestion, pollution and major health issues, we need to create powerful open platforms that will harness the information generated by IoT to develop new insights and new approaches to meet the challenges we face as a society.

3. Lisa Peterson:

   Aside from some congestion and coughing, the gorillas are doing well. the troop remains quarantined together and are eating and drinking. We are hopeful for a full recovery.

4. Vinay Mahtani:

   For example certain areas of the project have had to be redesigned as we repositioned ourselves in order meet the ever-changing consumer and market needs. We have also faced logistical issues such as congestion in the ports, which has meant our building materials arrived at site behind schedule.

5. Jennifer Shu:

   Individuals who are sensitive or allergic to mold may experience nasal congestion or wheezing, in general, mold creates more of an 'ick' factor than actual illness.