Standard Lemma guide

overcrowded

adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Containing too many occupants for an area of its size.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of overcrowd

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English crowded English overcrowded From over- + crowded.

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: superpoblat — Containing too many occupants
  • Catalan: massificat — Containing too many occupants
  • French: surpeuplé — Containing too many occupants
  • French: bondé — Containing too many occupants
  • French: surchargé — Containing too many occupants
  • French: surfréquenté — Containing too many occupants
  • German: überfüllt — Containing too many occupants
  • Hungarian: túlzsúfolt — Containing too many occupants
  • Māori: whakaapiapi — Containing too many occupants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: overfylt — Containing too many occupants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: overfylt — Containing too many occupants
  • Polish: przepełniony — Containing too many occupants
  • Polish: zatłoczony — Containing too many occupants
  • Polish: stłoczony — Containing too many occupants
  • Polish: przeludniony — Containing too many occupants
  • Portuguese: sobrelotado — Containing too many occupants
  • Portuguese: superlotado — Containing too many occupants
  • Russian: перепо́лненный (perepólnennyj) — Containing too many occupants
  • Serbo-Croatian: пренапучен — Containing too many occupants
  • Serbo-Croatian: prenapučen — Containing too many occupants
  • Spanish: demasiado amuchado — Containing too many occupants