congested

1. 1.

   overfull as with blood

   Synonymsengorged

   Similarfull

Questions about congested

What does congested mean?

congested means "overfull as with blood".

How many syllables are in congested?

congested has 3 syllables: con-ges-ted. The stress falls on "ges". In IPA it is /kənˈdʒɛstəd/.

What is another word for congested?

Close synonyms include engorged. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is congested a common word?

congested is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.