serried

adjective

ˈser-ēd How to pronounce serried (audio)
Definition of serriednext
as in crowded
having little space between items or parts a sterile subdivision with serried rows of cookie-cutter houses

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Recent Examples of serried The roads of New Orleans are cluttered with serried ranks of billboards touting the services of personal-injury lawyers. — Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 New York must do better than its usual serried towers and clunky blocks; a new cast of leaders can look abroad to figure out how. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Dec. 2025 In lieu of the usual venue of the Dolby Theatre, where nominees and their guests sit elbow to elbow in serried ranks, this year’s edition was held in Los Angeles’s cavernous Union Station. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2021 No one had lined us up in serried, uniform ranks, no one had demanded an oath or a membership—or anything more than the spirit of DIY. — Jonathan Myerson, The New York Review of Books, 4 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serried
  1. crowded
  2. packed
  3. dense
  4. thick
  5. tight
Adjective
  • With Election Day approaching, California voters are facing a crowded ballot and competing claims about what the state's propositions would do.
    — James Taylor, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The International Monetary Fund warned this month that growing leverage, crowded positions and correlated selling from hedge funds could create potential stability risks.
    — Hugh Son, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of crowded
Adjective
  • With roaring support from a packed crowd, Macklemore launched his Free Palestine Tour in Ireland’s capital Monday, just over a month after he was controversially dropped as Ed Sheeran’s supporting act.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Flying to San Diego With a packed helicopter and dwindling fuel, the crew decided to head to the Coast Guard station in San Diego where ambulances were waiting.
    — Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of packed
Adjective
  • The world building is easier to understand and less dense than Crescent City, and the tone is also the most indicative of SJM’s writing on the whole; Throne of Glass started as a YA series, then becomes more adult over time.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The mollusks can form dense colonies that clog pipes, obstruct water flow and foul boat motors.
    — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of dense
Adjective
  • That album, like the Dio Sabbath classics before it, was fine-tuned for metalhead appreciation, thick with crushing riffs and dramatic vocals.
    — Brad Sanders, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
  • At just 70 micrometers thick, the artificial skin has an impressive resolution of 847 dots per inch (dpi), fine enough to detail individual fingerprint ridges.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of thick
Adjective
  • Opinion polls predict tight race Domestically, Vucic has pledged higher pensions and public sector salaries, investment in state healthcare and subsidies for young couples.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Both parties expect whoever wins in November to do so by a tight margin in a state of 738,000 people.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of tight

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“Serried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serried. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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