THRONGING Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in crowded

possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified the theme park is thronging with tourists during the summer

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thronging

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verb

present participle of throng

as in flocking

to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers fans thronged the field to celebrate the win

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By the time Fly entered the booth, they were wound up and thronging the dancefloor. — Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026 Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International Airport is also bustling, with passengers thronging around its duty-free shops. — Melanie Swan, CNN Money, 1 June 2026 Everything around him pounding in its pulse, the song of the world thronging in all its discord. — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026 Nowhere perhaps was the searing heat more evident than at Melbourne Park, where the usual crowds thronging outside the Australian Open tennis tournament dwindled to a ghost town as temperatures soared. — CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026 Most of the people thronging the market were there to buy gold coins or bars — not jewelry — Mahavir Kothari, a wholesaler of precious metals in Zaveri Bazaar told CNBC. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025 International tourists weren’t the only ones thronging these spots. — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Apr. 2024 Schaeffler's e-motor assembly was among the more out-of-the-ordinary items on display at the recent IAA Mobility show in Munich, which used to be the Frankfurt Motor Show, and more accustomed to roaring supercars and sleek news Benzes (and a thronging public, in pre-Covid times). — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Sep. 2021

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Adjective

The service is intended to provide a more streamlined travel experience, including access to private terminals rather than crowded commercial airport facilities.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Cal chooses to lure Aron to Kate’s, chooses to present Aron to his mother in the middle of the crowded brothel, chooses to hurt both of them in this moment.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of crowded

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Now, British billionaires are flocking to low-tax destinations including Switzerland, Monaco, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
The membership-only warehouse club has also benefited from consumers flocking to buy cheaper gasoline at Costco gas stations.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of flocking

Adjective

Taylor received the medication in four pre-filled syringes, but wanted a lower dose.

— Kara McGrath, Allure, 15 Sep. 2026
New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania have introduced or passed legislation penalizing the practice and requiring employers to disclose hiring timelines or remove filled postings, while Texas has opened its own investigation into a major job board.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of filled

Verb

That has spurred dozens of advertisers who normally didn’t spend a lot of money on sports to start doing so, driving up prices and crowding the marketing field.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
The tray is perfectly proportioned, large enough for a laptop or food without crowding those in the back.

— Tyler Hayes, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of crowding

Adjective

The movie played well at a packed Alice Tully Hall, and afterparty revelers were mildly upbeat.

— Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2026
Waiters weave through packed aisles carrying foaming one-liter mugs, and strangers at long wooden tables quickly become friends.

— Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of packed

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There, local fishermen demonstrated their sustainable crayfish harvesting process, and as a spectacular touch, the helicopter lifted one of the crayfish tanks straight out of the ocean, giving our client a dramatic view of the abundant catch.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
But coyotes, with their abundant numbers and reputation as nuisances, are not.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of abundant

Adjective

Investigators said that the co-pilot carried out the attack with what's called a crash axe — a lightweight emergency tool stored in the cockpit to break through panels or jammed doors in the event of a crash.

— Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026
By weaving lasercomm links across space, airborne and terrestrial nodes alongside existing fiber and RF, leaders create self-healing mesh networks that guarantee mission-critical throughput even when primary links are severed or jammed.

— Rohit Jha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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