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View synonyms for crowded

crowded

[ krou-did ]

adjective

  1. filled to excess; packed.
  2. filled with a crowd:

    crowded streets.

  3. uncomfortably close together:

    crowded passengers on a bus.



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Other Words From

  • crowded·ly adverb
  • over·crowded adjective
  • over·crowded·ly adverb
  • over·crowded·ness noun
  • un·crowded adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of crowded1

First recorded in 1605–15; crowd 1 + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

But since those rosy scenarios were first floated, the California political scene has grown more crowded.

When it became too crowded, they moved her into an open casket on the street.

Then the commercial weight loss behemoths Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig joined this crowded field.

On Wednesday, two young female suicide bombers detonated in a crowded market in Kano State.

“People feel that these crowded areas play to their advantage—it provides this sense of a cover,” he said.

More soldiers crowded into the cave and Professor-Commander Krafft came in behind them.

The first month I was here, when there were only five of us, it was quite another matter, but now the room is crowded every time.

But he kept his eyes upon the gliding river rather than on those dark hills crowded with their ancient dead.

Like an electric shock, the well-known chords of the Tragala aroused his hearers—every one crowded round the singer.

Shopkeepers not only occupied both sides of the crowded streets, but half their wares were exposed in and over the dirty gutters.

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