Entry Word: herd

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a group of domestic animals assembled or herded together <the great herds of cattle that cowboys once drove across the plains>

Synonyms drove, flock

Related Words colony, covey, gaggle, pack, school, swarm

2 the body of the community as contrasted with the elite <aspire to achieve something, to distinguish yourself from the herd> — see mass 1