Synonyms of cramming

cramming

verb

present participle of cram

1

as in squeezing

to fit (people or things) into a tight space

tried to cram one more book into the backpack

Synonyms & Similar Words

• squeezing
• jamming
• loading
• wedging
• packing
• ramming
• crowding
• sandwiching
• shoehorning
• stuffing
• crushing
• filling
• jam-packing
• heaping

2

as in filling

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

crammed his mouth with candy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filling
• packing
• loading
• jamming
• brimming
• stuffing
• jam-packing
• heaping
• charging
• refilling
• flooding
• shoving
• glutting
• crowding
• swamping
• squeezing
• drenching
• ramming
• squashing
• saturating
• replenishing
• repacking
• bloating
• reloading
• penetrating
• crushing
• bulking
• overflowing
• pressing
• overfilling
• overcharging
• refreshing
• matting
• honeycombing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• emptying
• clearing
• eliminating
• vacating
• draining
• evacuating
• exhausting
• drawing (off)
• bleeding
• voiding
• cleaning
• sweeping
• lightening
• flushing
• purging
• depleting
• scouring

3

as in gorging

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

• gorging
• filling
• glutting
• feasting
• stuffing
• gobbling
• sating
• surfeiting
• gulping
• regaling
• guzzling
• gormandizing
• cloying
• pigging out
• banqueting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fasting
• dieting

4

as in inhaling

to swallow or eat greedily

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inhaling
• devouring
• gulping
• gobbling
• scarfing
• wolfing
• scoffing
• gorging
• glutting
• slopping
• ravening
• bolting
• gormandizing
• ingurgitating
• swilling
• overeating
• pigging out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• picking
• nibbling
• pecking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cramming

Her advice is to avoid cramming activations into the final two weeks before the festival. — Sujata Assomull, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026

To Mooresville resident Lynne Taylor, cramming more homes into a town with notoriously clogged roads is a concern. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2026

And Farley was wild, crashing through tables, cramming himself into ungainly costumes, and going full red-faced dynamo mode all in pursuit of every last laugh in the building. — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2026

The same push toward cramming AI into every corner is also happening on Windows 11, where Microsoft Copilot promises to be helpful. — Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 18 Sep. 2026

The common thread among them is many, many hours spent cramming parenting and their careers into each day. — Tilly Berendt, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

The Pro Max is the one that gets the attention, cramming near-power-bank levels of capacity into a fairly standard-looking smartphone. — New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026

The roommates’ incompatible goals and perennial brokeness lead to side-splitting conflicts, with Shelby cramming for her GED while Kaitlin’s greatest ambition is to throw an epic island party. — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

The network had a two-way smuggling route between Algeria and Spain, transporting drugs to the African nation and cramming boats with migrants for the return trip to Spanish coastal towns, Spain’s Civil Guard said. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026