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

He was loaded with schoolmates into a truck once used to haul chickens and was left in the summer heat before spending three nights in an overcrowded jail cell without a bed. —ABC News, 2 May 2026

On overcrowded plants, that tends to be at the top. —Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026

An offensive genius in the regular season, who kept the Nuggets relevant despite an overcrowded training room, Adelman looked uncertain against Minnesota. —Troy Renck, Denver Post, 1 May 2026

The district was previously considering replacing the deteriorating field with artificial grass because of concerns about upkeep with an overcrowded school population. —Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026

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