Cram

//kɹæm//

Synonyms for "cram" (251 found)

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Closest matches (51)

Strong matches (75)

Related words (125)

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Translations

155 translations across 29 languages.

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Aromanian

1 entries
  • ndes verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • блъскане noun (the act of cramming)
  • блъсканица noun (the act of cramming)
  • зубрене noun (information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination)
  • наблъсквам verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Burmese

1 entries
  • သိပ် verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Catalan

2 entries
  • embotir verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)
  • empatxar-se verb (to fill with food to satiety; to stuff)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 填滿 /填满 verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Dutch

2 entries
  • stampen verb (to put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study)
  • volproppen verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ahtaminen noun (the act of cramming)
  • päntätä noun (the act of cramming)
  • sullominen noun (the act of cramming)
  • survominen noun (the act of cramming)

French

4 entries
  • bourrage noun (the act of cramming)
  • remplissage noun (the act of cramming)
  • bachoter verb (to put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study)
  • bachoter verb (to make crude preparation for a special occasion)

Galician

3 entries
  • apiñamento noun (the act of cramming)
  • chapar verb (to put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study)
  • embutir verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

German

4 entries
  • büffeln verb (to put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study)
  • mästen verb (to fill with food to satiety; to stuff)
  • pauken verb (to put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study)
  • stopfen verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Hindi

1 entries
  • रटना noun (the act of cramming)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • kitömés noun (the act of cramming)
  • magolás noun (information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination)
  • megtömés noun (the act of cramming)
  • teletömés noun (the act of cramming)

Ido

1 entries
  • instruktegar verb (to put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study)

Italian

1 entries
  • stivare verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 詰め込む verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Korean

2 entries
  • 벼락치기를 하다 verb (to make crude preparation for a special occasion)
  • 쑤셔 넣다 verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Latin

1 entries
  • stīpō verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Māori

4 entries
  • hāpuku verb (to fill with food to satiety; to stuff)
  • hāpuku verb (to eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff)
  • puru verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)
  • whakapuru verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • pugge verb (to put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study)
  • stappe verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • طیقمق verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)
  • طیقمق verb (to fill with food to satiety; to stuff)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • decoreba noun (information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination)
  • entupimento noun (the act of cramming)
  • empanturrar verb (to fill with food to satiety; to stuff)
  • entupir verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Romanian

2 entries
  • îndesa verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)
  • înghesui verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Russian

4 entries
  • да́вка noun (the act of cramming)
  • зубрёжка noun (information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination)
  • толкотня́ noun (the act of cramming)
  • вти́скивать verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Spanish

4 entries
  • amarrar verb (to put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study)
  • atacuñarse verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)
  • atacuñarse verb (to fill with food to satiety; to stuff)
  • atestar verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Swedish

4 entries
  • hårdplugga verb (to put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study)
  • sprängläsa verb (to put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study)
  • stoppa verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)
  • stormläsa verb (to put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study)

Tamil

1 entries
  • திணி verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Thai

1 entries
  • กวดวิชา verb (to put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study)

Turkish

4 entries
  • hafızlamak verb (to put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study)
  • hatmetmek verb (to put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study)
  • ineklemek verb (to put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study)
  • tıkmak verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • nhét verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)
  • nhồi verb (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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I suppose I'll be in trouble if I don't stay up all night to cram for the examination.

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I'm against us forcing the child to go to cram school.

Source: tatoeba (68323)

My cram school is a long way from here.

Source: tatoeba (251201)

Make a student cram for the entrance examination.

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