thronged
Packed with people
Thronged means crowded with people, filled to capacity with a pressing mass: The streets were thronged with festival-goers.
It can also describe the act of gathering in large numbers: Fans thronged the stadium entrance.
The word suggests density and movement—bodies pushing together rather than merely occupying space.
Constructing from components
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- crowdLarge public gathering
- multitudeVery large number
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
mass · mob · rally · festival · concert · parade · marketplace · bazaar
assembly
Constructing from components
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- crowdLarge public gathering
- multitudeVery large number
horde · mass · mob · rally · festival · concert · parade · marketplace · bazaar · demonstration
packed
Filled to capacity
jam-packed · heaving · mobbed · swarming · cramped · overflowing · dense · massed · sardined · crush
bees
Winged pollinators
- locustsSwarming crop-destroying grasshoppers
- insectsSix-legged arthropods
- infestationPest takeover situation
hive · colony · buzzing · plague · migration · flock · murmuration · stampede · herd · school
- crowdedcrowded, jam-packed, packed like sardines, crammed, jammed