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crowded

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of crowded

1 containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible
  • We kept circling around the crowded parking lot at the mall.
Synonyms of crowded

brimful, brimming, bursting, chock-full (or chockful), chockablock, crammed, fat, filled, full, jam-packed, jammed, loaded, packed, stuffed
Words Related to crowded

overcrowded, overfilled, overflowing, overfull, overladen, overloaded, overstuffed

abounding, flush, fraught, replete, rife, swarming, teeming
Near Antonyms of crowded

deficient, inadequate, incomplete, insufficient, short, shortish, shy, wanting

depleted, drained, exhausted
Antonyms of crowded

bare, blank, devoid, empty, stark, vacant, void
2 having little space between items or parts
  • a crowded design that made the bedroom wallpaper a little overwhelming
Synonyms of crowded

close, compact, dense, jam-packed, packed, thick, tight
Words Related to crowded

crammed, jammed, overcrowded

crushed, massed, pressed, squeezed, wall-to-wall

airtight, snug

compacted, compressed, condensed, congested

firm, hard, solid

impenetrable, impermeable, impervious
Near Antonyms of crowded

commodious, roomy, spacious
Antonyms of crowded

airy, loose, open, uncrowded

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