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Synonyms for crowded

13 synonyms
7 antonyms

adjective

Most common

packed dense jammed congested populous serried overladen

All synonyms

Adjective

packed, dense, congested, thick, jam-packed informal, jammed, compact, tight, populous, rammed informal, bristling, serried, overladen

Antonyms

uncrowded, empty, deserted

All antonyms of crowded →

Definitions

adj. 1
Containing a dense pack or mass of something; teeming.

Example sentences

packed I always brought a packed lunch with me to school.
dense Not a soul was to be seen because of a dense fog.
jammed Tom has jammed with some pretty famous musicians.
congested The expressway was congested with thousands of cars.
populous Gaza is one of the world's most populous enclaves.
serried Above the bush the trees stood in serried ranks.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
crowded		rising
packed		rising
dense		steady
jammed		rising
congested		falling
populous		falling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters: tight¹, thick¹, dense¹
6 letters: packed¹, jammed¹, rammed¹
7 letters: compact², serried
8 letters: populous³
9 letters: congested³, bristling³, overladen

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (compact² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: noir de monde