Antonyms for congestion
kənˈdʒɛs tʃəncon·ges·tion

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. congestion

   Antonyms:
   dissipation, diffusion, clearance, evacuation, colliquation

   Synonyms:
   congeries, accumulation, glomeration, redundancy, plethora

Matched Categories

1. • Crowding
   • Symptom

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. congestionnoun

   excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part

   Synonyms:
   over-crowding

2. congestion, over-crowdingnoun

   excessive crowding

   "traffic congestion"

   Synonyms:
   over-crowding

How to use congestion in a sentence?

1. Beth Osborne:

   They're still dealing with this, we're building stuff without thinking. We haven't gotten results on congestion and rather than pivoting, we're going to do it underground, too.

2. Carlo Ratti:

   If you can actually reschedule cities thanks to the newfound flexibility following the pandemic there could be ... a big impact, one of the tragedies of cities in the 20th century was really having everything synchronised, so you had peak hour, rush hour, and then there was a lot of congestion.

3. Holly Phillips:

   They make your nose run and your eyes water, and that may provide some temporary relief from congestion.

4. Research Tony Harper:

   Our connected and automated technology could help improve traffic flow, cut congestion and reduce the potential for accidents.

5. Donald Trump:

   All Americans, regardless of their political views, can recognize that government stagnation has hindered our ability to properly function, often creating widespread congestion and leading to cost overruns and delays, i promised the American people I would produce results, and apply my 'ahead of schedule, under budget' mentality to the government.

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