PACKED Synonyms: 164 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈpakt

Definition of packed

as in filled

containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible the auditorium was packed

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as in crowded

having little space between items or parts a densely packed sequence of events

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packed

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verb

past tense of pack

as in plugged

to close up so that no empty spaces remain carefully pack the food containers so we'll have as much as possible for the picnic

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as in loaded

to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained I had packed the suitcase so tightly that it wouldn't close

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as in carried

to support and take from one place to another remember to pack several changes of clothing

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as in bore

to wear or have on one's person a private detective packing a weapon

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Recent Examples of packed

Adjective

Flying to San Diego With a packed helicopter and dwindling fuel, the crew decided to head to the Coast Guard station in San Diego where ambulances were waiting. — Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 This is the most filling salad of the group, the one that works best as a packed lunch. — Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 25 Oct. 2026

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But hundreds of Bridgeport, Chinatown and Armour Square residents packed community meetings throughout late summer and denounced the Amtrak-Ishbia plan, dubbed the Midwest Maintenance Facility Project. — Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026 Poland’s ruling party – backed by the European Union – claims that the country’s constitutional court was illegally packed by the previous far-right government. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for packed

Recent Examples of Synonyms for packed

Adjective

Taylor received the medication in four pre-filled syringes, but wanted a lower dose.

— Kara McGrath, Allure, 15 Sep. 2026
New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania have introduced or passed legislation penalizing the practice and requiring employers to disclose hiring timelines or remove filled postings, while Texas has opened its own investigation into a major job board.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of filled

Adjective

Becerra’s road to the state’s top job involved surviving a bruising June primary campaign that featured a crowded field of Democrats.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2026
In a crowded room draped in brown curtains and lush chocolate carpeting, Don Julio espresso martinis flow, and people buzz as shopping assistants bring boots and purses out of the stock room.

— Elise Brisco, VIBE.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of crowded

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Propped up by feats of engineering, Arizona’s economy steadily plugged along until the first World War, when the industrial demands of militarization transformed the desert state into an economic powerhouse.

— Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026
Each console was tested in the device's performance mode while plugged directly into power, with the only difference being the resolution.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of plugged

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Sánchez has pledged an investigation and improvements to restore trust in the rail system that last year carried 45 million travelers, including millions of tourists.

— Francisco Seco, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
The rockets are carried in launch pods, with six rounds in a HIMARS pod and 12 across the two pods carried by an M270 launcher.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of carried

Adjective

But away from the din at the crammed Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, a quieter labor-management battle is unfolding over who controls the sport’s money and how much should go to players.

— Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
The Gulf’s conference season is usually packed into the cooler months, and the last quarter of 2026 is even more crammed because events in the spring were postponed due to the war.

— Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of crammed

Adjective

Consider taking out a few roses in dense beds to make way for a steppingstone path through the blooms.

— Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
The teams combined atomic-scale simulations with electron microscopy and experiments to see how changes in the two materials could help meet growing demand for denser data storage as AI use expands.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of dense

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Authorities say officers found around 440 pounds of methamphetamine stuffed into trash bags in the van.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
This is the sport in which an envelope stuffed with cash put Kentucky on probation and a fixer hanging with players in a hot tub did the same at UNLV.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026