packed
[adjective]
Synonyms: full, chock-a-block, chock-full, crammed, crowded, filled, jammed, jam-packed

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Related Idioms: packed like sardines (or herrings)

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English Thesaurus: full, filled with something, stuffed full of something, packed, bursting (with something), ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

packed /pækt/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: pack, package, packaging, packet, packing, packer; verb: pack ≠ unpack, package; adjective: packed]

1. extremely full of people:
a packed courtroom
packed with
The island was packed with tourists.

2. packed with/full of something containing a lot of a particular type of thing:
a new magazine packed with exciting recipes

3. [not before noun] if you are packed, you have put everything you need into cases ready to go somewhere

4. tightly/loosely/densely packed pressed, arranged etc closely or not closely together:
houses tightly packed in rows

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

full containing as much or as many things or people as possible, so there is no space left:
The train was nearly full.
The cupboard was full of clothes.
He spilled a full cup of coffee on the carpet.
filled with something full of something – use this about a container when a lot of things have been put into it:
The envelopes were filled with cash.
stuffed full of something completely full of something – use this about a container when lots of things have been put into it, often in an untidy way:
The case was stuffed full of clothes.
packed completely full of people – use this about a room, train etc:
a packed restaurant
The courtroom will be packed with journalists.
bursting (with something) extremely full of something:
Her wardrobe was bursting with coats and shoes.
a small garden bursting with fruit and flowers
crammed so full that you cannot fit anyone or anything else in – often used when you think there are too many people or things:
In summer, the hotels are crammed with tourists.
The resort’s crammed beaches are uncomfortable in summer.
teeming (with something) /ˈtiːmɪŋ/ full of people, animals etc that are all moving around:
The rivers are teeming with fish.
overflowing used about a container that is so full that the liquid or things inside it come out over the top:
an overflowing bathtub
The drawers were overflowing with magazines.
overloaded used about a vehicle or a ship which has too many people or things in it:
an overloaded fishing boat
The trucks are often grossly overloaded (=far too overloaded).

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