SERRIED Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

serried

adjective

ˈser-ēd

Definition of serried

as in crowded

having little space between items or parts a sterile subdivision with serried rows of cookie-cutter houses

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Recent Examples of serried The roads of New Orleans are cluttered with serried ranks of billboards touting the services of personal-injury lawyers. — Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 New York must do better than its usual serried towers and clunky blocks; a new cast of leaders can look abroad to figure out how. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Dec. 2025 In lieu of the usual venue of the Dolby Theatre, where nominees and their guests sit elbow to elbow in serried ranks, this year’s edition was held in Los Angeles’s cavernous Union Station. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2021 No one had lined us up in serried, uniform ranks, no one had demanded an oath or a membership—or anything more than the spirit of DIY. — Jonathan Myerson, The New York Review of Books, 4 May 2020

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The Casupo Leather Crossbody iPhone Case is ideal for navigating busy airports and crowded tourist destinations hands-free while keeping your phone and cards securely at your side, thanks to its adjustable crossbody strap.

— Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2026
The current market lacks discipline, with investors overly reliant on benchmarks like AI for growth, leading to crowded and potentially overvalued trades.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of crowded

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July alone brings a packed schedule, including releases from NiziU, ONEUS, and BABYMONSTER, plus debuts like VAYONN.

— Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
This year, Major League Baseball has provided a packed All-Star Weekend that also includes the MLB Draft, Futures Game, Home Run Derby, and more.

— Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 7 July 2026

Definition of packed

Adjective

Videos of the pyrotechnics display show the pitch filling with tall showers of sparks and dense smoke as dozens of fireworks launched upward.

— Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
The rare Saturday night game at the iconic North Side ballpark started an hour late due to rain, then fog billowed in from the north starting in the second inning and got denser.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026

Definition of dense

Adjective

With the blessing and support of the Forest Service, the tribe began working to restore parts of its homeland — not as a shrubland, or thick conifer forest, but an open and free tapestry anchored by oaks.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Big bluegills fight hard, and hauling them out of sunken trees or thick vegetation on light tackle takes real skill.

— Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026

Definition of thick

Adjective

In a massive joint operation, US Central Command – with tight coordination from US Strategic Command, US Space Command, and the US Space Force – used electromagnetic warfare to blank out a massive area over Iran.

— David Szondy July 06, New Atlas, 7 July 2026
In major competitions since Euro 1984 (including the UEFA Nations League), the contests have been tight affairs that have been decided by one goal or penalties.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

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