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jammed

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of jammed

1 containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible
  • Tour buses, jammed with eager sightseers, invariably stop at that spot.
Synonyms of jammed

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

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

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

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

depleted, drained, exhausted
Antonyms of jammed

bare, blank, devoid, empty, stark, vacant, void
2 firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge
  • This jammed door just won't budge!
Synonyms of jammed

fast, firm, frozen, lodged, set, snug, stuck, tight, wedged
Words Related to jammed

bonded, cemented, glued

anchored, clamped

embedded (also imbedded), entrenched (also intrenched), impacted, implanted

attached, bound, fastened, secured

immovable, unyielding
Near Antonyms of jammed

detached, dislodged, freed, loosened, unattached, unbound, undone, unfastened, unsecured

movable (or moveable), yielding
Antonyms of jammed

insecure, loose

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