Definitions

sold out

[sohld-out] / ˈsoʊldˈaʊt /

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crowded adj.
depleted adj.

ADJECTIVE

crowded

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 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

ADJECTIVE

depleted

Synonyms

STRONGEST

drained reduced vacant weakened

STRONG

bare collapsed decreased depreciated emptied lessened sapped sold spent used wasted worn

WEAK

all in bleary destitute devoid of effete far-gone in want kaput out of pooped out short of sucked out used-up washed out without resources worn-out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

energized full

WEAK

augmented enlarged increased unconsumed unused

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sold out

Readers are so obsessed with Josh Silver’s “Fruit Fly,” that the buzziest book of the summer sold out across online and major book retailers last month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Tickets to the exhibition are sold out until the next release on 21 October.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

For his video discussing the book he used an edition with a colorful pop-art cover of a couple kissing, which is sold out in several bookstores in Rio de Janeiro.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Last year, the press sold out its annual subscriptions for the first time in its 52-year history, and its budget has risen to $5 million, from less than $1 million in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Within minutes, the first printing of ten thousand copies of the newspaper sold out.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

sold out

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