crowded

adjective

crowd·​ed ˈkrau̇-dəd 

: filled with many or too many people or things

a crowded room/theater

a beach crowded with people

a crowded itinerary

Synonyms of crowded

• filled
• packed
• bursting
• jammed
• crammed
• full

Examples of crowded in a Sentence

we kept circling around the crowded parking lot at the mall

a crowded design that made the bedroom wallpaper a little overwhelming

Recent Examples on the Web

But as more people hear about a data center coming to their community, once-sleepy municipal board meetings in farming towns and growing suburbs now feature crowded rooms of angry residents pressuring local officials to reject the requests. —Marc Levy, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2026

Starlink will begin lowering the orbit of its satellite constellation in 2026, moving spacecraft currently operating at around 342 miles (550 km) down to 298 miles, as the company seeks to improve safety in increasingly crowded low Earth orbit. —Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026

Most injuries, many of them serious, occurred when the blaze swept through the crowded bar in southwestern Switzerland in the early hours of Thursday. —Jamey Keaten, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026

Le Constellation, a bar in the resort town of Crans-Montana, Switzerland, posted the video on YouTube showing waitresses in helmets moving through the dark, crowded club carrying bottles topped with sparkling candles. —Emma Bussey , Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 2 Jan. 2026

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of crowd entry 1

First Known Use

1612, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing crowded

• crowded together

Rhymes for crowded

• clouded
• shrouded
• enshrouded
• unclouded
• uncrowded
• overcrowded