oversaturated

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adjective

Synonym of supersaturated.

Similar
supersaturated
OriginEnglish saturated ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of oversaturate
adjectiveoversaturated (comparative more oversaturated, superlative most oversaturated)

comparative more oversaturated · superlative most oversaturated

  1. not comparableSynonym of supersaturated.

    Synonyms: supersaturated

  2. colloquialmediaOvercrowded; stagnant as a result.

    The market for new video games isn’t just oversaturated — it’s nearly impenetrable. Teams of hundreds of people are spending years of their lives developing games that are destined to get lost in the sea of new releases.

    2025 September 26, Jason Schreier, “The Video-Game Industry Has a Problem: There Are Too Many Games”, in Bloomberg, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2025

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSynonym of supersaturated.

Similar
supersaturated

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishsaturated
  8. Englishoversaturated

From over- + saturated.

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Cite this entry
APA

oversaturated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversaturated

MLA

“oversaturated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversaturated. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oversaturated,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversaturated.

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