CROWDING Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

crowding

verb

present participle of crowd

as in cramming

to fit (people or things) into a tight space crowded all the boats into the harbor before the storm struck

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as in flocking

to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers cars crowded the roads over the long holiday weekend

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as in huddling

to gather into a closely packed group everyone crowded around to see the baby being shown off by his proud parents

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Recent Examples of crowding With all of that crowding onto your calendar, who has time to make dinner? — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 24 Aug. 2026 While crowding can be an issue, so can removing trees and opening up the space. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026 Hedge funds delivered strong gains in the second quarter as the market was being fueled by popular AI stocks, which helped hedge fund crowding climbed to a record, Goldman said. — Justina Lee, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026 Too Many Chairs Trying to make your living room more sociable by crowding it with chairs is a big mistake. — Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 20 Aug. 2026 Working in batches to prevent crowding, add ribs to the pan and cook until browned on all sides. — Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 12 Aug. 2026 For example, Mordor Intelligence notes in its Smart Cities Market Report that Singapore’s Smart Nation AI initiative has trimmed average commute times by 11 minutes thanks to a 92% accurate bus-crowding prediction model. — Lee-Lean Shu, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Some are fleeing by boat, sleeping in cars and crowding into emergency shelters as disaster spreads. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 27 July 2026 But at least eight other Republicans are crowding into a primary just two weeks away. — ABC News, 26 July 2026

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Verb

The actress was surprised when, in her estimation, Jacobs was cramming more Boy Meets World into the follow-up show than she had been led to believe.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026
The roommates’ incompatible goals and perennial brokeness lead to side-splitting conflicts, with Shelby cramming for her GED while Kaitlin’s greatest ambition is to throw an epic island party.

— Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of cramming

Verb

Still, most Republicans are not flocking to Ossoff, as Collins tries to tie him to the far-left of the party and questions his experience.

— Sam Gringlas, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
Nearby residents have been flocking to the church site and placing flowers and other cards since the fire.

— Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of flocking

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Once a fixture of the American experience, the custom of collectively huddling around the cathode-ray hearth has largely been supplanted by the isolationist practices of the smartphone era.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, Hochul visited the Buffalo Bills training camp, chatting with fans and huddling with the team.

— Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 29 July 2026

Definition of huddling

Verb

In the distance, a toddler in a matching Nike outfit literally leaped into the arms of a crying woman, perhaps a grandmother, squeezing tightly for a hug.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
The floods will likely change that outlook, squeezing a country that’s heavily dependent on tourism while forcing a costly period of reconstruction.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of squeezing

Verb

What's Ivy's message to those who oppose biological males invading Canadian women's golf?

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Yet, in contending with the invading species, Denise is fashioned into a female action hero more in keeping with the epoch of director Quentin Tarantino than with that of President Ronald Reagan.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of invading

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This prevents electricity from piling up in one vulnerable spot when the transistor switches off, allowing the electric field to spread more evenly.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
But the host Thunderwolves started piling up points in the second half and that was that.

— The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of piling

Verb

Writer Cassie Hurwitz tracked down the best moving companies, professional packers, and tips for loading everything into your new home.

— Cassie Hurwitz, Curbed, 25 Aug. 2026
After loading the AliExpress homepage, audio from his phone stopped playing over his multipoint headphones, which accept connections from more than one device at a time.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026

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