overspill
What pours beyond
Overspill is what flows over the edge of a container, or by extension, what exceeds the capacity of any space.
In British usage, overspill often refers to population that relocates from crowded cities to surrounding areas: The new housing estate was built to accommodate London's overspill.
The word functions as both noun and modifier: overspill parking, overspill housing.
Movement to new territory
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
outflow · dispersal · rehousing · decanting · movement · emigration · outmigration · influx
Extend in disorderly fashion
- suburbsResidential areas outside cities
- conurbationMerged continuous urban area
- exurbSemirural fringe settlement
- outskirtsOuter parts of town
development · expansion · decentralization · relocation · rehousing
Overwhelming water overflow
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
- runoffExcess water drainage
seepage · leakage · brimming · gush · torrent · inundation · pooling
Amount exceeding requirement
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
- glutExcessive surplus
- superabundanceExtreme excess of something
overage · redundancy · saturation · overstock · profusion · superfluity · runoff · residue
migration
Movement to new territory
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- displacementRemoval from usual location
exodus · outflow · dispersal · rehousing · decanting · movement · emigration · outmigration · influx · redistribution
sprawl
Extend in disorderly fashion
- suburbsResidential areas outside cities
- conurbationMerged continuous urban area
- exurbSemirural fringe settlement
outskirts · development · expansion · decentralization · relocation · rehousing
flood
Overwhelming water overflow
runoff · seepage · leakage · brimming · gush · torrent · inundation · pooling
surplus
Amount exceeding requirement
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
- glutExcessive surplus
superabundance · overage · redundancy · saturation · overstock · profusion · superfluity · runoff · residue · remainder
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- liquid flowpour, flow, gush, drip, stream
- overflowoverrun, spillway, flood stage, brimming, cascade
- hyperrealsinfinitesimals
overspillshortage
Deficient supply of necessities
deficit · lack · shortfall · scarcity · insufficiency
overspilldepopulation
Loss of inhabitants
population decline · urban decay · abandonment · underpopulation · shrinkage