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sardine

[sahr-deen] / sɑrˈdin /
VERB
cram
Synonyms
STRONGEST
crowd load overcrowd pack ram shove squeeze stuff wedge
STRONG
charge chock choke compact crush devour drive force gobble gorge guzzle heap ingurgitate jam overeat overfill press satiate slop slosh squash tamp thrust wolf
WEAK
jam-pack pack 'em in pack in pack it in pack like sardines stive
Antonyms
STRONG
abstain diet fast let go nibble pull release surrender uncompress yield
WEAK
let out open
VERB
crowd
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cluster congest congregate deluge flock gather huddle overcrowd pack pile squeeze stream swamp swarm throng
STRONG
bear bunch bundle chock crush elbow jam mass muster push ram shove squash squish surge troop
WEAK
jam-pack justle pack 'em in pack like sardines top off
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disperse distribute divide scatter separate spread
STRONG
pull
WEAK
abandon leave retreat
VERB
jam-pack
Synonyms
WEAK
bear bunch bundle chock cluster congest congregate cram crush deluge elbow flock gather huddle jam justle load mass mob muster overcrowd pack pack 'em in pack like sardines pile push ram shove squash squeeze squish stream stuff surge swamp swarm throng top off troop
VERB
pack
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bind cram crowd lade load pile squeeze stuff throng
STRONG
arrange charge chock choke compress condense contract heap insert jam mob press push ram tamp wedge
WEAK
drive in jam-pack put away ram in thrust in top off
Antonyms
STRONGEST
release
STRONG
enlarge expand extend increase leave alone lengthen pull stretch
WEAK
allocate dismantle disperse dispose distribute keep maintain unpack untie

Example Sentences

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Painting the eye cups of a sardine puppet.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

Built for a housing association, it was known to taxi drivers as the sardine can, and both architects and their families took flats there.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

The team attributed the 1980s weight decline to an increase in Japanese sardine, which likely led to greater competition for food within and between fish species.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024

They were followed by a number of fishes that are common consumed by these penguins, including barracuda, anchovy, sardine, herring and zooplankton.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2024

They worked on it in the late mornings and in the afternoons before the boys from the sardine fleet came in.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.