overspilled
Exceeded the brim
Overspilled is the past tense of overspill, meaning to spill over the edge or exceed capacity.
Water overspilled from the tub; crowds overspilled into the streets.
More common in British English, where overspill also refers to excess population relocated from crowded urban areas: overspill housing estates.
American English typically prefers overflowed.
Covered with water
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- brimmingFull to the top
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- awashFlooded or overwhelmed
overrun · surged · spillover · overfill · overbrim · slopped · sloshed · cascaded
Amount exceeding requirement
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
- glutExcessive surplus
- too muchBeyond acceptable limits
surfeit · saturation · overload · oversupply · overfill · superfluous · redundant
Unintended fluid escape
- seepageSlow fluid escape
- runoffExcess water drainage
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
cleanup · puddle · splatter · drip · slop · mess · accident · waste
Defeated by sheer volume
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
- burstBreak apart suddenly
- welled upRose from within
- poured outReleased liquid continuously
gushed · effusive · uncontained · unbridled · surging · tearful · outpouring
flooded
Covered with water
awash · overrun · surged · spillover · overfill · overbrim · slopped · sloshed · cascaded · poured
surplus
Amount exceeding requirement
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
- glutExcessive surplus
too much · surfeit · saturation · overload · oversupply · overfill · superfluous · redundant
leakage
Unintended fluid escape
contamination · cleanup · puddle · splatter · drip · slop · mess · accident · waste · hazard
overwhelmed
Defeated by sheer volume
poured out · gushed · effusive · uncontained · unbridled · surging · tearful · outpouring
overspilledunderfilled
Containing too little
emptied · drained · depleted · unfilled · half-filled