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

In their attempt to make nearby districts more Republican, the redistricting plan crammed as many Democrats as possible into three South Florida districts. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026

Meanwhile, the low end is almost entirely carved out, leaving only those higher-register instruments crammed together. — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026

In downtown Manhattan, as many as eighty-six people were crammed for three or more days at a time into a temporary holding room on the tenth floor of 26 Federal Plaza. — Francisco Cantú, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Trump crammed the Oval Office with gold flourishes, demolished the East Wing to build a sprawling ballroom and converted the Rose Garden into a patio space reminiscent of his Mar-a-Lago estate. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

The rambunctious teenagers crammed into a lecture hall suddenly went quiet when a woman old enough to be their great-grandmother, and smaller in stature than many of them, approached the podium. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

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

The chapel is crammed, floor to illustrious ceiling, with​ bones stacked horizontally, so only the knobs show. — Kristin Idaszak, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2026

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