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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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By tipoff, the market corrected a bit, and a standing room only ticket could be found for a thrifty $5,000—still enough cash to enjoy Hawaii.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

It was standing room only in the cage, with no toilet or sink.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2024

I'm going back there to work a comedy club and I played Nashville and had all five sell-out, standing room only, killer standing ovation shows.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2024

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

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2023

The room is bigger than Mom’s entire house, and it’s standing room only.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

standing room only

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