overstuffing
Filling beyond capacity
Overstuffing is putting too much into something.
You can overstuff a suitcase, a turkey, or a sentence.
Overstuffed furniture has thick, plush cushioning: an overstuffed armchair.
Figuratively, overstuffing suggests excess to the point of discomfort or dysfunction: The curriculum suffers from overstuffing.
Filled to capacity
- jammedUnable to move freely
- crowdedFilled beyond comfort
- overflowingExceeding capacity, spilling out
- brimmingFull to the top
chock-full · bulging · congested · bursting · overfilled · overloaded · cramped · squeezed
Amount exceeding requirement
- plethoraExcessive surplus
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
- glutExcessive surplus
overkill · overabundance · padding · filler · bloat · saturation · superfluity · profusion
Eating greedily, excessively
- overeatingConsuming beyond bodily needs
- bingeingUncontrolled excessive intake
- feastingEating sumptuously together
- indulgingSatisfying a craving
devouring · gobbling · wolfing · guzzling · engorging · overindulgence · voracity · insatiable
packed
Filled to capacity
- jammedUnable to move freely
- crowdedFilled beyond comfort
- overflowingExceeding capacity, spilling out
brimming · chock-full · bulging · congested · bursting · overfilled · overloaded · cramped · squeezed · compressed
surplus
Amount exceeding requirement
- plethoraExcessive surplus
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
glut · overkill · overabundance · padding · filler · bloat · saturation · superfluity · profusion · extravagance
gorging
Eating greedily, excessively
- overeatingConsuming beyond bodily needs
- bingeingUncontrolled excessive intake
- feastingEating sumptuously together
indulging · devouring · gobbling · wolfing · guzzling · engorging · overindulgence · voracity · insatiable · bloated
mounting
Steadily increasing in degree
- preservingProtecting from deterioration
- tanningCuring hides or bronzing
- posingAssuming an attitude
form · specimen · trophy · hide · pelt · display · museum · naturalist · lifelike · sawdust
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- overdoingoverdoing, overindulging, overkill, excess, overreacting
- Too Muchoverflowing, spilling, flooding, cramming, packing
overstuffingunderfilling
Adding too little
emptying · underpacking · depleting · hollowing out · skimping
overstuffingunderpacking
Bringing insufficient items
skimping · moderating · rationing · scrimping · minimizing
stuff, stuffing, stuffed, overflow, overload, oversupply, stuffs, overfill, overstuff