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packed

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of packed

1 containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible
  • The auditorium was packed.
Synonyms of packed

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

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

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

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

depleted, drained, exhausted
Antonyms of packed

bare, blank, devoid, empty, stark, vacant, void
2 having little space between items or parts
  • a densely packed sequence of events
Synonyms of packed

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

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 packed

commodious, roomy, spacious
Antonyms of packed

airy, loose, open, uncrowded

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