Entry Word: crowd

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a great number of persons or things gathered together <a huge crowd of fans was on hand to greet the returning Super Bowl champions>

Synonyms army, crush, drove, flock, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, press, swarm, throng

Related Words masses, rabble, riffraff; gaggle, herd; heap, mountain, pile

2 a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially <the fashionable crowd at the polo tournament> — see gang 2