Opposite of "crowded"?

[Mehrgan]

Hi,

May I have the most common adjective for a place with very few people there? (Such as, a room, cinema, street, etc.) It must be oppsite "crowded" I suppose.

And, any other informal words for these two adjectives, please?



Thanks.

 

[billmcd]

Hi,

May I have the most common adjective for a place with very few people there? (Such as, a room, cinema, street, etc.) It must be oppsite "crowded" I suppose.

And, any other informal words for these two adjectives, please?



Thanks.

While I'm sure there are many terms, "sparsely crowded/attended" is one that could be used.

 

[Raymott]

Hi,

May I have the most common adjective for a place with very few people there? (Such as, a room, cinema, street, etc.) It must be oppsite "crowded" I suppose.

And, any other informal words for these two adjectives, please?



Thanks.

'deserted', 'almost deserted'.

 

[5jj]

Almost empty?

 

[Rover_KE]

'The town centre was crowded before Christmas, but it was quiet today.

Rover

 

[Mehrgan]

'The town centre was crowded before Christmas, but it was quiet today.

Rover

Many thanks to you all. I think "quiet", and "almost empty" are more used in everyday English, aren't they? Can we use "quiet" for indoor places such as a shop, to mean there were only a few people there?

 

[Mehrgan]

And, how about teeming? 1. 'The shop was teeming!' Or, 'The shop was teeming with people!' ?


Cheers!

 

[Mehrgan]

I know I'm asking questions on the trot! So, sorry!

I hear some people say 'uncrowded'. Is that used by the native speakers?!

Ta!

 

[SoothingDave]

"Uncrowded" is a legitimate word.

 

[Barb_D]

But not one that I would use.

 

[opa6x57]

I hear some people say 'uncrowded'. Is that used by the native speakers?!

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Not a teacher, 53-year-old American.
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Not by this native speaker.

I use not crowded. As in, "Honey, do you want to go to the mall with me today? It's not crowded!"

Someone else suggested 'teeming' ... 'teeming' has a similar meaning as crowded.
"We caught a lot of fish today. The river was teeming with trout."
"I won't be going to the mall the day after Thanksgiving, it will be teeming with bargain hunters!"

 

[Mehrgan]

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Not a teacher, 53-year-old American.
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Not by this native speaker.

I use not crowded. As in, "Honey, do you want to go to the mall with me today? It's not crowded!"

Someone else suggested 'teeming' ... 'teeming' has a similar meaning as crowded.
"We caught a lot of fish today. The river was teeming with trout."
"I won't be going to the mall the day after Thanksgiving, it will be teeming with bargain hunters!"

Thanks to all. So, the adjective "teeming" should be used with "with"?
Ta!

 

[Rover_KE]

Many thanks to you all. I think "quiet", and "almost empty" are more used in everyday English, aren't they? Can we use "quiet" for indoor places such as a shop, to mean there were only a few people there?

Yes.

Rover

 

[opa6x57]

Thanks to all. So, the adjective "teeming" should be used with "with"?
Ta!

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Not a teacher, 53-year-old American.
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In these sentences, teeming is part of the verb:

"We caught a lot of fish today. The river was teeming with trout."

"I won't be going to the mall the day after Thanksgiving, it will be teeming with bargain hunters!"

I saw an example where teeming was actually used as an adjective. With is not required in this construction:

A coral reef is a teeming metropolis built upon the living skeletons of tiny soft polyps.