Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb crowd
4 senses of crowd
Sense 1
herd, crowd -- (cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom")
=> move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")
Sense 2
crowd -- (fill or occupy to the point of overflowing; "The students crowded the auditorium")
=> occupy, fill -- (occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container")
Sense 3
crowd, crowd together -- (to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah")
=> meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather -- (collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room")
Sense 4
push, crowd -- (approach a certain age or speed; "She is pushing fifty")
=> approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near -- (move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer")
Antonyms of adj crowded
1 sense of crowded
Sense 1
crowded (vs. uncrowded) -- (overfilled or compacted or concentrated; "a crowded theater"; "a crowded program"; "crowded trains"; "a young mother's crowded days")
uncrowded (vs. crowded) -- (having or allowing sufficient room; "an uncrowded train"; "an uncrowded view")
Similarity of adj crowded
1 sense of crowded
Sense 1
crowded (vs. uncrowded) -- (overfilled or compacted or concentrated; "a crowded theater"; "a crowded program"; "crowded trains"; "a young mother's crowded days")
=> huddled -- (crowded or massed together; "give me...your huddled masses"; "the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind")
=> jammed, jam-packed, packed -- (filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater")
=> thronged -- (filled with great numbers crowded together; "I try to avoid the thronged streets and stores just before Christmas")