I was talking to my friend yesterday and he told me that he has been promoted and has to take additional responsibilities. Then he told me that he would soon become saturated.
Can a person become saturated? Can saturated be used in this context? I keep thinking that overwhelmed is the right word. I also came across sentences like feeling a bit saturated, saturated of what I am doing.
Best Answer
I don't recall any use of "saturated" referring to a person, and couldn't find any in online dictionaries. All the examples I found are of describing objects or materials. So, it is an unusual usage, to say the least.
A close related word that is used to describe a person is "satiated", but it doesn't seem to be a perfect fit in this case.
"Overwhelmed" is suitable, and you can also consider "swamped", "overworked", "overloaded", "exhausted", or "drowned", depending on the message you want to convey.