overpopulated
Bursting with inhabitants
Overpopulated describes a place with more inhabitants than its resources can sustainably support.
The term applies to cities, regions, or the planet itself: The island became overpopulated after the tourism boom.
Overpopulated often carries political weight in debates about immigration, development, or environmental limits.
Abundantly full of
- swarmingGathering in large numbers
- packedFilled to capacity
- overflowingExceeding capacity, spilling out
- crampedUncomfortably lacking space
overcrowded · jammed · heaving · crammed · congested · bursting · thronged · overrun
Excessive pasture consumption
- overfishingUnsustainable marine harvest
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- MalthusianExpecting resource-outpacing reproduction
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
Urban area exceeding ten million
- slumsImpoverished, crowded districts
- sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
- overcrowdingCapacity exceeded dangerously
- tenementsOvercrowded urban dwellings
shantytown · favela · high-density · migration · urbanization · congestion · pollution · homelessness
Carrying more than manageable
- overstretchedExtended past proper limits
- taxedHad levy imposed
- pressuredUrged with insistence
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
depleted · scarce · insufficient · oversubscribed · unsustainable · overtaxed · overworked · exhausted
Existing in excess
- superabundantExisting in extreme excess
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- oversuppliedGiven excess stock
- gluttedOverfilled to excess
proliferating · multiplying · exponential · burgeoning · exploding · unsustainable · overshoot · outstripping
teeming
Abundantly full of
- swarmingGathering in large numbers
- packedFilled to capacity
- overflowingExceeding capacity, spilling out
cramped · overcrowded · jammed · heaving · crammed · congested · bursting · thronged · overrun · chock-full
overgrazing
Excessive pasture consumption
- overfishingUnsustainable marine harvest
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- MalthusianExpecting resource-outpacing reproduction
megacity
Urban area exceeding ten million
- slumsImpoverished, crowded districts
- sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
- overcrowdingCapacity exceeded dangerously
tenements · shantytown · favela · high-density · migration · urbanization · congestion · pollution · homelessness · squalor
overburdened
Carrying more than manageable
- overstretchedExtended past proper limits
- taxedHad levy imposed
- pressuredUrged with insistence
overwhelmed · depleted · scarce · insufficient · oversubscribed · unsustainable · overtaxed · overworked · exhausted · drained
overabundant
Existing in excess
- superabundantExisting in extreme excess
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- oversuppliedGiven excess stock
glutted · proliferating · multiplying · exponential · burgeoning · exploding · unsustainable · overshoot · outstripping · disproportionate
- urban adjectivesurban, metropolitan, bustling, crowded, dense
- wildlife statusendangered, extinct, vulnerable, threatened, rare species
overpopulatedunderpopulated
Having too few inhabitants
depopulated · sparsely populated · uninhabited · unpopulated · underpeopled