congest
Jam with excess
To congest is to overcrowd or block with excessive accumulation.
Traffic congests roads, mucus congests sinuses, too many people congest a small room.
The passive form dominates: The highways are congested, My head is congested from this cold.
Congestion describes the blocked or overcrowded state itself.
Solid mass, or impede
- clogBlock or wooden shoe
- chokeObstruct breathing or airflow
- plugSomething that blocks openings
- damWater-holding barrier
impede · restrict · occlude · backup · stoppage · blockage · barrier · impediment
Complete mutual obstruction
- bumper-to-bumperVehicles packed without gaps
- tailbackCongested vehicle queue
- snarl-upTangled traffic situation
- rush-hourDaily commute congestion period
bottleneck · standstill · backup · jam · logjam · commute · highway · expressway
block
Solid mass, or impede
dam · impede · restrict · occlude · backup · stoppage · blockage · barrier · impediment · constipate
gridlock
Complete mutual obstruction
- bumper-to-bumperVehicles packed without gaps
- tailbackCongested vehicle queue
- snarl-upTangled traffic situation
rush-hour · bottleneck · standstill · backup · jam · logjam · commute · highway · expressway · arterial
overcrowded
Filled beyond capacity
swarm · teeming · mobbed · sardines · overflowing · bursting · masses · cram · squeeze · elbow-to-elbow
blocked
Passage prevented or impeded
sinus · nasal · bronchial · inflamed · swollen · antihistamine · clogged · drainage · postnasal · rhinitis
- chest congestionMucus accumulation in airways
- traffic congestionOvercrowded roads, stalled movement
- sinus congestionBlocked nasal airways
- nasal congestionBlocked airflow through nostrils
- road congestionOvercrowded vehicle flow
- congestive heart failureHeart too weak to pump
congestion, congested, congesting, decongestant, congests, congestive, decongestants, decongest, decongested