overloaded

ADJECTIVE

busy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

active unavailable working

STRONG

buried employed engaged engrossed hustling occupied persevering slaving snowed swamped

WEAK

already taken assiduous at it diligent having a full plate having enough on one's plate having fish to fry having many irons in the fire in a meeting in conference in someone else's possession in the field in the laboratory industrious on assignment on duty on the go tied-up up to one's ears with a customer

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idle

STRONG

inactive unoccupied

WEAK

lazy quiet unbusy unemployed unengaged

ADJECTIVE

overworked

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exhausted fatigued overburdened strained

STRONG

overtaxed stressed tense

WEAK

burned out stressed out under stress

Antonyms

STRONGEST

lively refreshed

ADJECTIVE

packed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arranged congested crowded filled jam-packed jammed loaded overflowing stuffed swarming wrapped

STRONG

brimming bundled chock compact compressed consigned crammed mobbed seething

WEAK

awash brimful chock-full full to the gills packed like sardines serried to the roof tumid up to the hilt up to the rafters wall-to-wall

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clear empty uncongested uncrowded

WEAK

deserted

ADJECTIVE

top-heavy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cumbersome imbalanced unbalanced

WEAK

bulky lopsided overweight tottering uneven

Antonyms

WEAK

balanced ballasted equalized even stabilized

Example Sentences

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Tijuana has waste-treatment plants, but they are badly overloaded.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Jenny Voisard, media and website manager for Friends of Big Bear Valley, a nonprofit that operates cameras trained on Jackie and Shadow, said her inbox is overloaded with complaints about AI content.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

Most said they hadn’t met anyone they could marry, since the dating pool is overloaded with men who aren’t interested in marriage, or worse, are erratic or cruel.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

The system is certainly chronically overloaded, with some of the longest-running trials in the EU.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Have you ever walked into an overloaded porta-potty?

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

overloaded

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