crowded

A place like this has many people close together, leaving little room to move.

• The bus was crowded.
• We walked through the crowded market.
• Is the beach always this crowded in summer?

How to use it: crowded with someone/something (The station was crowded with travellers.)

Similar words: packed, full, jammed

Opposites: empty, uncrowded

Common phrases: crowded bus, crowded room, crowded street, crowded with people

Containing many things close together, with little space between them.

• The shelves looked crowded.
• Their garden is crowded with flowers.
• The crowded page made the instructions hard to read.

How to use it: crowded with something (Her desk was crowded with papers.)

Similar words: packed, crammed, dense

Opposites: sparse, empty

Common phrases: crowded shelves, crowded page, crowded with something, crowded garden