crowded

[krou-did] / ˈkraʊ dɪd /

ADJECTIVE

busy, congested

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cramped full huddled jam-packed jammed loaded packed populous teeming

STRONG

brimming clean close compact crammed crushed massed mobbed overflowing stuffed swarming thronged

WEAK

SRO awash brimful chock-full dense elbow-to-elbow filled to the rafters fit to bust full house full up lousy with mob scene sardined sold out standing room only stiff with thick thickset tight topped off up to here up to the hilt wall-to-wall

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deserted empty

STRONG

imprecise loose

WEAK

uncongested uncrowded unfilled

Example Sentences

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“I believe wholeheartedly that you can’t force revival,” Lucas Miles declares in his stump speech for the Make Heaven Crowded tour.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Crowded into the ballroom were Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance, several cabinet members and top lawmakers, and hundreds of guests in black tie.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

Appeared in the March 27, 2026, print edition as 'The Crowded House I Call Home'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Crowded by a double team, Betts was called for a travel and Southern guard Taniya Lawson converted the turnover into a pull-up jumper on the next possession to move the Jaguars to within 12 points.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2025

Crowded into the bunker were other top Soviet physicists, along with the head of Stalin’s secret police, Lavrenti Beria.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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