roomful

noun

room·​ful ˈrüm-ˌfu̇l 

ˈru̇m-

: as much or as many as a room will hold

also : the persons or objects in a room

Examples of roomful in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Apparently, someone decided a roomful of early arrivals at a Primus concert might be likely to enjoy another willfully eccentric bassist flexing his chops at the helm of an experimental jam band. —Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 3 Aug. 2025

Thousands of people, man, all helplessly stoned, all finding themselves in a roomful of other thousands of people, none of whom any of them were afraid of. —Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025

On a rainy Sunday afternoon last summer, Dr. Sadusky was in New York City, onstage in a former Elks Lodge in Queens, leading a roomful of evangelical Christians through a slide show about gender identity. —Ruth Graham, New York Times, 17 May 2024

In a stand-out scene, the detective shoots at the monster in a roomful of mirrors and only succeeds in shattering his reflections. —Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1671, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for roomful

• brimful
• handful
• mouthful
• spoonful
• full
• pull
• wool

Kids Definition

roomful

noun

room·​ful ˈrüm-ˌfu̇l 

ˈru̇m-

plural roomfuls

-ˌfu̇lz

or roomsful

ˈrümz-ˌfu̇l,

ˈru̇mz-

1

: as much or as many as a room will hold

2

: the persons or objects in a room