CROWDING Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

crowding

verb

present participle of crowd

as in cramming

to fit (people or things) into a tight space crowded all the boats into the harbor before the storm struck

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as in flocking

to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers cars crowded the roads over the long holiday weekend

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as in huddling

to gather into a closely packed group everyone crowded around to see the baby being shown off by his proud parents

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Recent Examples of crowding The jury was given the space to examine all this without any public discourse crowding their own thoughts out of their head. — Luke Jones, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026 One of Spain's most popular vacation islands is facing calls for a limit on tourist accommodations to curb crowding. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2026 The social media accounts of her political movement, Vente Venezuela, as well as her campaign, posted images and videos of Venezuelans crowding the streets of Caracas to welcome her return. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 26 Oct. 2026 Staff and faculty question whether expansion serves low-income communities, while nurses describe severe emergency-room crowding. — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 Smaller trees can benefit from fairy lights that add shimmer without visually crowding the branches. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026 Wait for the rows in front of you to get up and head to the exit, rather than scrambling to snatch your items from the overhead bins and just crowding the aisle. — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026 There are thousands of Macy's employees crowding the streets, starting at 110th and Amsterdam. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 The rounded corners, clean lines, and bright orange accents give it a friendlier appearance than many of the industrial-looking gray and black boxes now crowding the market. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

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Verb

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

Definition of cramming

Verb

Critics have been literally flocking to speak publicly against the cameras, as city officials and police departments have held town halls in all of metro Atlanta’s four largest counties since August.

— Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
While European customers are generally flocking to the European Space Agency’s Ariane 6 rocket, others are booking slots on upcoming medium-lift rockets, such as Rocket Lab’s Neutron rocket.

— Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of flocking

Verb

As for Canada, International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu spent his time huddling with other counterparts, since a different official is spearheading negotiations with Greer amid the countries’ escalating trade war.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Saturday brought periods of rain, smaller crowds and people huddling beneath umbrellas while performers and vendors pushed ahead.

— J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of huddling

Verb

For an octopus, squeezing into tight spaces can provide an escape route and access to prey that other marine creatures cannot easily reach.

— Reuters, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026
Much of the growing opposition to data centers has come from rising electricity prices, which are squeezing Americans in a time of already high prices and cost of living.

— Shannon Osaka, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of squeezing

Verb

Without proper circulation, harmful fungi have an optimal environment for invading your lawn.

— David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 7 Nov. 2026
This logic has endured since 1935, when the League of Nations sanctioned Italy for invading Ethiopia, in the hope that doing so would induce Italy to call off its invasion or at least temper its ambitions.

— S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of invading

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Holiday hosting comes with plenty of perks, but the extra cleanup isn’t one of them — especially when snacks, spills, and stray crumbs start piling up.

— Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2026
The possibilities of tall black boots and a midiskirt are endless, especially now that gray skies are becoming more frequent, fallen leaves are piling up on the ground, and the number on the thermometer keeps dropping.

— María Munsuri, Glamour, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of piling

Verb

As with Starship Flight 14, SpaceX is loading Flight 15 with 26 operational Starlink V3 internet satellites.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 11 Nov. 2026
Prior to the new regulations going into effect, CBS Pittsburgh talked to one skill game distributor that was loading games onto a truck to be sent out of state.

— Mike Darnay, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of loading

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The rapid development of drones with their swarming tactics requires a whole new approach to firepower that can neutralize mass threats without emptying ammunition stockpiles and busting the bank.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Nov. 2026
On some plays, the UM staff identified players who were not swarming to the ball to make a play if one of their teammates missed the first tackle attempt.

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of swarming

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