Meaning & use

crowded

adjective·Everyday

Filled with a large number of people or things, often to an uncomfortable degree.

See it in a sentence

The subway car was so crowded that no one could find a seat.

Her schedule this week is too crowded to fit in another meeting.

A note on using this word

Crowded can describe physical space, like a room, or a nonphysical space, like a schedule or a market of competitors.

Words with a similar meaning

packedcongested

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Words with an opposite meaning

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