CRAMS Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

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plural of cram

as in swarms

a great number of persons or things massed together battling the rush-hour cram in the subway

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verb

present tense third-person singular of cram

as in squeezes

to fit (people or things) into a tight space tried to cram one more book into the backpack

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as in fills

to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained crammed his mouth with candy

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as in stuffs

to fill with food to capacity one of those eating contests in which competitors attempt to cram themselves with as many hot dogs as they can in three minutes

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diets
fasts

as in devours

to swallow or eat greedily the thoughtless guest crammed a dinner that had taken hours to prepare

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Recent Examples of crams

Verb

Director Allan Deberton crams much story and characterization in those opening frames. —

Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 24 Feb. 2026 Instead, the show crams everything into a space that can't hold it, culminating in this past third season that exploded with too much of practically everything. —

Matthew Razak, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026 Television has always relied on big, gasp-inducing moments, but Murphy crams them in even at the expense of narrative cohesion. —

Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026 The Nutribullet Ultra crams a 1200-watt motor into its rather slim casing; that’s double the wattage of the Nutribullet Pro blender that’s a step down. —

Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Nov. 2025 Moreover, the study’s methodology crams certain ideologies under one umbrella that otherwise would not fit neatly into a political classification. —

Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 22 Sep. 2025 The Ferryman crams the Warren home with upright coffins filled with his former victims. —

Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for crams

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Scientists have developed living microrobot swarms made from algae and nanoparticles that can assemble into custom shapes under blue light and disperse on command with red light.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026
Subterranean, drywood and dampwood, the three most common types of termites in the United States, all have reproductive castes capable of flying in swarms.

— Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 14 May 2026