adj, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of pack form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Put into a package.

   "packed lunch"

2. 2
   Filled with a large number or large quantity of something.

   "packed with goodness"

3. 3
   Filled to capacity with people. colloquial

   "The bus was packed and I couldn't get on."

Adjective

1. 1
   pressed together or compressed wordnet
2. 2
   extremely crowed or filled to capacity wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

compactaboundagroundalivealive withanchored

Antonyms

All antonyms

empty

Example

More examples

"All the coaches of the train were packed to capacity ten minutes before it started."

Related phrases

action-packedbadly packed kebabclose-packedjam-packedpacked cellspacked decimalpacked housepacked like sardinespacked lunchpacked mealpacked to the gillspacked to the rafters

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.