more crowded

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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As Southern California gets more crowded and housing costs rise, young people have to look for options different from those their parents had when they were growing up.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

The last phase of corrections is typically a consolidation in the more crowded areas of the market, which he started to see last week.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

Planes today are more crowded than ever as airlines fight for profitability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

This wasn't always successful as the 'blocker' would begin to push the defender into the goalkeeper, still hampering the keeper's movement and ultimately making that space more crowded.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

The sidewalks outside Euston Station were even more crowded than the interior of the station had been.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood