overgrown

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of OVERGROWN

covered with a thick, healthy natural growth <the trail has become so overgrown that it is nearly impassable in spots>

Synonyms green, grown, leafy, luxuriant, overgrown, verdant

Related Words fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, productive, prolific, rich; dense, tangled

Near Antonyms bleak, depleted, impoverished, infertile, poor, stark, unproductive; arid, dead, desert, dry, parched, sere (also sear), waterless

Antonyms barren, leafless

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