adjective
1. : filled with numerous things or people often overly compacted or concentrated
a crowded valley
a crowded program
a brilliant, crowded , highly colored book — Gerald Bullett
a crowded theater
2. : compressed , compacted
St.-Étienne, crowded within a series of narrow valleys — James Bird
: resting or placed close together
small crowded freckles
3. : full of or rich in events or experience
a crowded life
a crowded career
• crowd·ed·ly adverb
• crowd·ed·ness noun -es