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thronged

thronged

6.0
A place full of many people standing close together
  • adjective
  • /θrɔŋd/
translation icon : abarrotado
  • During the festival, the town square was thronged with visitors.

Examples

  • We made our way through the thronged corridors to reach the auditorium.

  • Tourists often avoid the thronged beaches during peak season.

  • The thronged market square buzzed with excitement during the festival.

  • The thronged streets of New York were bustling with activity.

  • The thronged market square buzzed with excitement during the festival.

  • Tourists often avoid the thronged beaches during peak season.

  • We made our way through the thronged corridors to reach the auditorium.

Synonyms

crowded
vsthronged
222 1.0

Full of too many people to move or sit comfortably

describes a place full of a large gathering rather than general overfullness
packed
vsthronged
33 1.3

Full of people with no room left

is about large crowds rather than absolute full capacity
jam-packed
vsthronged
14 3.7

Very full and crowded with almost no space

is used for many people gathered without stating absolute capacity
wall-to-wall
vsthronged
14 4.2

Completely full of people or things with no space to move

refers more to a place full of a large crowd than to objects filling space
jammed
vsthronged
1 2.3

Full of people or things with no space left

focuses on a large group of people rather than total capacity
chockablock
vsthronged
  • UK
1 7.9

Completely full of people or things

describes a place full of a large crowd rather than stressing absolute fullness

Antonyms

1.0

Not containing anything

104 2.6

Not occupied by anyone, for example a seat or job

How Crowded

thronged
6.0
packed
33 1.3
crowded
222 1.0
busy
1.0
empty
1.0

Surface Forms

thronged positive

Morphology

thronged = throng (transparent) = throng + ed

A standard adjectival past-participial formation from the verb 'throng', meaning 'filled with a crowd', which is directly deducible from the base verb.

Etymology

The word thronged comes from the old English word throng, meaning 'crowd' or people 'pressed together'. So a thronged place is one that is packed with people.