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.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of crowded¹

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

Example Sentences

What could make Orlins stand out in this crowded field is her side career as a reality TV star, with two appearances on Survivor and one on The Amazing Race.

From Ozy

Tlaib and Jones faced off in crowded primaries, with Tlaib ultimately winning the regular primary and Jones the special.

From FiveThirtyEight

To cite a famous example, the First Amendment won’t protect one for yelling “fire” in a crowded theater.

From Voice of San Diego

Imagine you’re on your daily commute to work, driving along a crowded highway while trying to resist looking at your phone.

From Singularity Hub 

When he rated a backyard barbecue, he was thinking of a crowded event, where people roam from indoors to out and back again, and masks are scarce.

From FiveThirtyEight

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• cramped
• full
• huddled
• jam-packed
• jammed
• loaded
• packed
• populous
• teeming