CROWDED: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CROWDED?

Need another word that means the same as “crowded”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “crowded” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Crowded” are: packed, congested, crushed, cramped, overcrowded, full, filled to capacity, full to bursting, overfull, overflowing, teeming, swarming, thronged, populous, overpopulated, overpeopled, busy

Crowded as an Adjective

Definitions of "Crowded" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crowded” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• (of a space) full of people, leaving little or no room for movement; packed.
• Overfilled or compacted or concentrated.

Synonyms of "Crowded" as an adjective (17 Words)

busy	Of facilities such as telephones or lavatories unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability engaged is a British term for a busy telephone line. The team members are busy raising money.
congested	(of a road or place) so crowded with traffic or people as to hinder or prevent freedom of movement. The congested streets of the West End.
cramped	Inhibiting the development of someone or something. There is no way a computer will be able to decipher my cramped handwriting.
crushed	Subdued or brought low in condition or status. Crushed velvet.
filled to capacity	Taken up.
full	Constituting the full quantity or extent complete. He kept his fast pace going for the full 14 mile distance.
full to bursting	Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal.
overcrowded	(of accommodation or a space) filled beyond what is comfortable, safe, or desirable. The train was seriously overcrowded.
overflowing	(of a container) so full that the contents go over the sides. An overflowing ashtray.
overfull	Exceeding demand. An overfull cup of tea.
overpeopled	(of a place) containing an excessive number of people. An increasingly overpeopled world.
overpopulated	Having an excessively large population. Overpopulated industrial countries.
packed	Extremely crowed or filled to capacity. Packed snow.
populous	Densely populated. The populous city of Shanghai.
swarming	Moving in or forming a large or dense group. A swarming mass of bodies.
teeming	Abundantly filled with especially living things. The Third World s teeming millions.
thronged	Filled with great numbers crowded together. I try to avoid the thronged streets and stores just before Christmas.

Usage Examples of "Crowded" as an adjective

• A crowded program.
• The crowded streets of Southwark.
• Crowded trains.
• A very crowded room.
• A crowded theater.
• A young mother's crowded days.

Associations of "Crowded" (30 Words)

bazaar	A shop where a variety of goods are sold. The church bazaar.
bottleneck	The style of playing that uses a bottleneck. His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system.
clump	Form a clump or clumps. A clump of ferns.
compact	Make more compact by or as if by pressing. Compact soil.
compactly	With concise and precise brevity; to the point. He wrote compactly but clearly.
compress	A cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever. In this chapter we compress into summary form the main findings.
compressed	Reduced in volume by pressure. With lips compressed.
compression	The process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together.
congested	(of a part of the body) abnormally full of blood. Congested arteries.
congestion	The state of being congested. Traffic congestion.
constrict	(of a snake) coil round (prey) in order to asphyxiate it. He felt his throat constrict.
constricted	Inhibited; restricted. A constricted blood vessel.
dense	Permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter. Dense as lead.
filled	Of purchase orders that have been filled. Fog filled air.
full	The period point or state of the greatest fullness or strength. His diary is full of entries about her.
impenetrable	Impossible to understand. Her expression was impenetrable.
jammed	Filled to capacity. A suitcase jammed with dirty clothes.
lush	(of vegetation, especially grass) growing luxuriantly. I had some really lush pressies.
narrowed	Made narrow; limited in breadth. His narrowed eyes.
nonporous	Not porous; especially not having vessels that appear as pores.
overcrowd	Crowd together too much. Employees were assigned to make sure people didn t overcrowd the escalators.
packed	Pressed together or compressed. A packed theater.
pressed	(of juice or oil) extracted by crushing or squeezing fruit, vegetables, etc. Freshly pressed orange juice.
teeming	Abundantly filled with especially living things. She walked through the teeming streets.
thick	With a thick consistency. Thick mud.
thickly	In a way that covers or fills something with a deep layer. The paint has been applied thickly.
throng	Flock or be present in great numbers. A throng of birds.
tightly	In a tight or constricted manner. The government tightly controlled the movement of money.
traffic	Buying and selling; especially illicit trade. A stream of heavy traffic.
underbrush	Shrubs and small trees forming the undergrowth in a forest.