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