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adjective crowd·ed \ ˈkrau̇-dəd \

Definition of crowded

:filled with many or too many people or things

a crowded room/theater

a beach crowded with people

a crowded itinerary

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That has proved deadly this summer in crowded waters like those near Singapore and Tokyo, where another U.S. warship, the USS Fitzgerald, was struck by a cargo freighter under a waning crescent moon June 17.

— hannah beech, The Seattle Times, "Avoiding detection may make some Navy ships vulnerable," 26 Aug. 2017
Those flying in to the area are facing a crowded airport.

— Washington Post, "Grand Teton park to escape Yellowstone’s shadow for eclipse," 18 Aug. 2017
Motor enzymes are constantly moving around the crowded DNA streets of every living thing to copy or repair genetic code, a process called molecular traffic.

— gemma tarlach, Discover Magazine, "20 Things You Didn't Know About ... Traffic," 7 Aug. 2017
Although these towns are on the Long Island Sound, many of the beaches are just as picturesque as the Atlantic Ocean's (and much less crowded!).

— emma rathkey, Town & Country, "27 Reasons This Part of the East Coast Is Being Dubbed "The New Hamptons"," 25 July 2017
Riders currently have to take crowded buses or switch to the Red Line at Vermont Avenue.

— neal broverman, Los Angeles Magazine, "4 Neighborhoods That Need a Streetcar More Than DTLA," 19 July 2017
Combined with the crowded roster, the shortage of long-term promotions from Louisville isn’t for a lack of talent, but possibly a lack of control, DeShields said.

— drew hill, The Courier-Journal, "Reds pitching translates into short big-league stints for current Bats starters," 6 July 2017
There’s more to it than shooting percentages, surely, but Lyles now has to try to get his career back on track amid a crowded Denver Nuggets frontcourt.

— adi joseph, For The Win, "NBA Draft 2017: LaVar Ball leads our look at high- and low-key winners and losers," 23 June 2017
The goal is for trains to improve their regularity and consistency, especially in the crowded Paris region.

— david grossman, Popular Mechanics, "High-Speed Trains Could Soon Drive Themselves," 16 June 2017

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Synonyms

brimful, brimming, bursting, chockablock, chock-full (or chockful), crammed, full, fat, filled, jammed, jam-packed, loaded, packed, stuffed

Antonyms

bare, blank, devoid, empty, stark, vacant, void

Related Words

overcrowded, overfilled, overflowing, overfull, overladen, overloaded, overstuffed; abounding, flush, fraught, replete, rife, swarming, teeming

Near Antonyms

deficient, inadequate, incomplete, insufficient, short, shortish, shy, wanting; depleted, drained, exhausted

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