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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A joint venture between Google and Blackstone isn’t “immediately problematic” for CoreWeave, but rather a sign that the market could get more crowded, according to a Bernstein analyst.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

They do something just as important: they show that the story of human origins was more crowded, more competitive, and more unpredictable than the familiar textbook version suggests.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

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

“Today’s pullback is more likely simply a deflating of some of the more crowded trades.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

It was crowded, and it became more crowded as it went along, but there was only the silence inside.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok