| Main Entry: | congestion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blockage |
Synonyms: |
bottleneck, clogging, crowdedness, crowding, excess, jam, mass, overcrowding, overdevelopment, overpopulation, press, profusion, rubber-necking, snarl-up, surfeit, surplus, traffic jam |
Antonyms: |
opening |
| Main Entry: | bottleneck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstacle |
Synonyms: |
barrier, block, blockage, clog, congestion, hindrance, hold-up, impediment, jam, obstruction, snag, traffic jam |
| Main Entry: | fullness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abundance, breadth |
Synonyms: |
adequateness, ampleness, amplitude, broadness, completeness, completion, comprehensiveness, congestion, copiousness, curvaceousness, dilation, distension, enlargement, entirety, extensiveness, fill, glut, plenitude, plenty, plenum, profusion, repletion, roundness, satiation, satiety, saturation, scope, sufficiency, surfeit, swelling, totality, tumescence, vastness, voluptuousness, wealth, wholeness, wideness |
Antonyms: |
emptiness, incompleteness, need, void, want |
| Main Entry: | gridlock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traffic jam |
Synonyms: |
barrier, blockage, bottleneck, clog, congestion, impasse, logjam, obstacle, stoppage |
| Main Entry: | overflow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flood, inundation |
Synonyms: |
advance, cataclysm, cataract, congestion, deluge, discharge, encroachment, enforcement, engorgement, excess, exuberance, flash flood, flooding, infringement, niagara, overabundance, overcrowding, overkill, overmuch, overproduction, plethora, pour, propulsion, push, redundancy, spate, spill, spillover, submergence, submersion, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, torrent |
| Main Entry: | squeeze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pressure, crushing |
Synonyms: |
clasp, clutch, congestion, crowd, crunch, crush, embrace, force, handclasp, hold, hug, influence, jam, press, restraint, squash |
Antonyms: |
opening |
| Main Entry: | rush hour |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heaviest commuter traffic |
Synonyms: |
bottleneck, congestion, gridlock, heavy traffic, jam, road rage, traffic jam |
| Main Entry: | traffic jam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traffic tie-up |
Synonyms: |
blockage, bottleneck, congestion, gridlock, jam, logjam, roadblock, rush hour, traffic congestion |
| Main Entry: | saturation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fullness |
Synonyms: |
congestion, engorgement, impregnation, overload, plethora, soaking, superabundance |
| Main Entry: | satiation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fullness |
Synonyms: |
adequateness, ampleness, amplitude, broadness, completeness, completion, comprehensiveness, congestion, copiousness, curvaceousness, dilation, distension, engorgement, enlargement, entirety, extensiveness, fill, glut, plenitude, plenty, plenum, profusion, repletion, roundness, satiety, saturation, scope, sufficiency, surfeit, swelling, totality, tumescence, vastness, voluptuousness, wealth, wholeness, wideness |