Synonyms of crammed

crammed 1 of 2

adjective

as in filled

containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible

the auditorium is usually crammed when that candidate makes an appearance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• packed
• bursting
• jammed
• crowded
• stuffed
• full
• loaded
• brimming
• chock-full
• brimful
• jam-packed
• chockablock
• overstuffed
• overcrowded
• overloaded
• overflowing
• overfilled
• fat
• overladen
• overfull
• teeming
• replete
• fraught
• rife
• swarming
• abounding
• flush

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• devoid
• vacant
• bare
• blank
• short
• void
• inadequate
• insufficient
• stark
• incomplete
• wanting
• deficient
• shy
• drained
• depleted
• shortish
• exhausted

crammed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of cram

1

as in stuffed

to fit (people or things) into a tight space

tried to cram one more book into the backpack

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stuffed
• squeezed
• loaded
• jammed
• packed
• wedged
• crowded
• rammed
• sandwiched
• shoehorned
• filled
• crushed
• jam-packed
• heaped

2

as in packed

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

crammed his mouth with candy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• packed
• loaded
• stuffed
• jammed
• jam-packed
• heaped
• brimmed
• flooded
• charged
• refilled
• shoved
• swamped
• crowded
• glutted
• drenched
• rammed
• bloated
• squeezed
• squashed
• saturated
• bulked
• replenished
• repacked
• penetrated
• overflowed
• reloaded
• refreshed
• matted
• crushed
• honeycombed
• pressed
• overfilled
• overcharged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• emptied
• cleared
• vacated
• evacuated
• eliminated
• exhausted
• drained
• depleted
• drew (off)
• cleaned
• swept
• voided
• lightened
• flushed
• bled
• purged
• scoured

3

as in gorged

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

• stuffed
• gorged
• filled
• glutted
• surfeited
• sated
• feasted
• gobbled
• regaled
• guzzled
• gulped
• cloyed
• pigged out
• banqueted
• gormandized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fasted
• dieted

4

as in devoured

to swallow or eat greedily

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devoured
• inhaled
• gulped
• gobbled
• scoffed
• glutted
• slopped
• scarfed
• gorged
• wolfed
• bolted
• ravened
• ingurgitated
• gormandized
• swilled
• pigged out
• overate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• picked
• nibbled
• pecked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crammed

Adjective

But away from the din at the crammed Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, a quieter labor-management battle is unfolding over who controls the sport’s money and how much should go to players. — Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

The Gulf’s conference season is usually packed into the cooler months, and the last quarter of 2026 is even more crammed because events in the spring were postponed due to the war. — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026

He wasn’t charged until two years after the homicide, as police struggled to identify who shot the victim in a crammed Tiny Home community hundreds of people were known to frequent. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

What comes next is another slate of crammed club matches for all these players, and enough friendlies to keep the Spanish federation profitable. — Filip Bondy, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026

Despite the crammed screenplay, Kara going to a red-sun planet to feel human and forget about everything is the most human thing ever. — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

In the era of shrinking airline seats and oversold flights, eking out even an extra inch of space in an ultra-crammed economy cabin can feel like a major win. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026

As one reporter predicted three, hearts sank in the crammed quarters. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026

When your floor space is far from generous, implementing small bedroom storage ideas is the difference between waking up in crammed quarters and having breathing room. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 15 Jan. 2026

Verb

While today’s cinema listings are crammed with sequels and remakes, with the watching experience couched in discourse and then discourse about the discourse, the best ’90s films were for the most part true originals. — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026

This 1478 piece set is essentially two dioramas crammed into a single display piece. — Ian Stokes, Space.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Yet Abrams still won’t kvetch about being crammed into a tiny whale-stomach set with a camera crew, while a half-dozen crew members surrounding the practical gut, wielding a gimbal, tossed him around like a wet rag doll. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

In 2013, Rana Plaza, a nine-story building crammed with garment factories outside the capital Dhaka, collapsed killing 1,100 people. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

The hotel is in a complex crammed with drinking and dining joints, like the Penthouse Bar & Grill on the 36th floor that offers panoramic views of the Thai capital. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

More than 120 people crammed into the Livingston City Commission meeting, sitting cross-legged on the floor and spilling over into the hallway and adjacent rooms. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Herman, a former professor in UCLA’s painting and drawing department and co-founder of the now-defunct Black Dragon Society gallery in Chinatown, lives with the work of his former students and friends crammed throughout his home. — Marissa Gluck, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Multiple artists crammed into a food truck-sized trailer serve a revolving door of clients throughout the four-day festival. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026