overcrowded

adjective

over·​crowd·​ed ˌō-vər-ˈkrau̇-dəd 

: crowded or filled to excess : having too many people or things

overcrowded streets/cities/classrooms

living in overcrowded conditions

… having an overcrowded space can make it hard for buyers to … visualize their own belongings in the space, said Los Angeles-based designer Francesca Grace.

—Jennifer Tzeses

… some 5 million workers commute for up to three hours on trains so overcrowded that there seem to be as many passengers hanging on to the outside of the carriages as there are inside.

—Ismail Merchant

Examples of overcrowded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some factors the team considered are if destinations are lesser known, investing in their tourism infrastructure or alternatives to the trending but overcrowded spots. —Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025

However, across the pond at the London premiere of A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Johnson’s sister in sheer dressing, Margot Robbie, was adding her own entry for Most-Naked Naked Dress to the overcrowded genre. —Glamour, 12 Sep. 2025

Broadbelt’s death shocked the community and reignited a countywide conversation about the dual problem of unleashed dogs and overcrowded animal shelters. —Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025

Among these advocates was Areulia Davis, whose kindergarten class had met on the auditorium stage in an overcrowded Pope elementary in the 1960s. —Mila Koumpilova, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of overcrowd

First Known Use

1725, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for overcrowded

• clouded
• crowded
• shrouded
• enshrouded
• unclouded
• uncrowded