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

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

In turn, facing a crammed domestic market, the best chance for US gas producers to grow is overseas. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 28 May 2026

The California Democrat still held a public roundtable discussion Tuesday with numerous survivors, in a crammed room near the Capitol. — Ana Ceballos follow, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 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

That dream was fulfilled soon after his father bought an apartment on a crammed street near Jama Masjid, a historic mosque in Old Delhi, Delhi’s historic heart. — Shefali Rafiq, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025

Verb

Vintage clothes lovers will find Notio Bene Vintage, Mink Vintage, and Leila Boutique all crammed next to each other along the corner of Cukur Cuma Street and Boğazkesen Street. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026

There’s been little diplomatic progress since then, as the Israeli army has advanced beyond armistice lines against a shrinking Hamas fiefdom where some 2 million Palestinians are crammed. — Dan Williams, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026

Filmed during Covid, Vaught and Funk crammed themselves into a small bathroom to film a scene where a puppet bursts out of the toilet to throttle Vaught. — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026

To me, a day crammed with fake work on throwaway items is a day wasted. — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

In there, about two dozen reporters and cameramen crammed around Skubal, the former Detroit Tigers ace who definitely doesn’t sound like he’s gone Hollywood. — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

And some of them have as many as a hundred different cases crammed into one morning or afternoon court proceeding. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

Oddly enough, though floors 1 through 16 looked like offices behind the cladding of specially tinted glass framed in stainless steel, they were actually crammed with electronics and electromechanical relays. — David Szondy august 01, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2026

To have so much capability crammed into a phone that bends in half is a marvel. — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 22 July 2026