standing room only

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 sold out 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

NOUN

capacity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

quantity scope size space

STRONG

accommodation amplitude bulk burden compass contents dimensions expanse extent full latitude magnitude mass measure proportions range reach retention room spread sufficiency sweep

WEAK

holding ability holding power

Antonyms

STRONG

limitation

WEAK

impotence inability incompetence

Example Sentences

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On Tuesday of last week, Swalwell bounded onto the stage at a Sacramento town hall, hugging attendees in the standing room only crowd as “California” by Phantom Planet played.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

I’m really glad that you were standing room only at this wine bar or this brunch place, but there’s no conversation with you.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2025

The court room in Lahore was packed with standing room only as multiple cases including criminal charges were heard.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2023

In 2021 while promoting “Army of the Dead,” filmmaker Zack Snyder made his own case for standing room only on his sets.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2023

When I entered the spacious living room, there was standing room only.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

standing room only

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