Synonyms of cram

cram 1 of 2

noun

as in swarm

a great number of persons or things massed together

battling the rush-hour cram in the subway

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swarm
• throng
• flock
• crowd
• horde
• multitude
• drove
• crush
• mass
• press
• mob
• host
• masses
• army
• rout
• legion
• millions
• herd
• bike
• scrum
• pile
• heap
• jam
• gaggle
• rabble
• rabblement
• mountain
• riffraff
• logjam

cram

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verb

ˈkram 

1

as in to squeeze

to fit (people or things) into a tight space

tried to cram one more book into the backpack

Synonyms & Similar Words

• squeeze
• stuff
• load
• shoehorn
• pack
• jam
• wedge
• sandwich
• ram
• fill
• crowd
• crush
• jam-pack
• heap

2

as in to fill

to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained

crammed his mouth with candy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fill
• pack
• load
• stuff
• jam-pack
• heap
• jam
• brim
• refill
• charge
• flood
• shove
• squeeze
• bulk
• glut
• drench
• saturate
• replenish
• bloat
• penetrate
• swamp
• ram
• repack
• refresh
• reload
• squash
• mat
• crowd
• overflow
• crush
• overfill
• overcharge
• press
• honeycomb

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• vacate
• eliminate
• empty
• evacuate
• clear
• void
• lighten
• drain
• exhaust
• draw (off)
• clean
• bleed
• deplete
• sweep
• purge
• scour
• flush

3

as in to stuff

to fill with food to capacity

one of those eating contests in which competitors attempt to cram themselves with as many hot dogs as they can in three minutes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stuff
• gorge
• fill
• glut
• surfeit
• sate
• gobble
• feast
• guzzle
• regale
• gulp
• pig out
• gormandize
• banquet
• cloy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diet
• fast

4

as in to devour

to swallow or eat greedily

the thoughtless guest crammed a dinner that had taken hours to prepare

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devour
• inhale
• gulp
• gobble
• scoff
• glut
• wolf
• scarf
• slop
• gorge
• gormandize
• raven
• ingurgitate
• bolt
• overeat
• swill
• pig out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pick
• peck
• nibble

Examples of cram in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Many teenagers cite education as their biggest worry, with most Korean students going straight from regular school to extra tutoring at private cram schools every day, before continuing to study by themselves until late at night. —Jessie Yeung, CNN, 5 Sep. 2023

Asked what classes were like in her last year of high school, the fateful period when students across the country cram for Egypt’s life-defining national exams, Nermin Abouzeid looked blank for a second. —Vivian Yee, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2023

Verb

Salem's Lot is packed with plot, and the attempt to cram the story into a two-hour feature leaves you with a bit of a head rush. —Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024

Each episode is crammed with spells and potions and magic, rather than reminding you what the Avengers are up to. —Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 21 Sep. 2024