multitude

multitude

noun

Definition of MULTITUDE

1

a great number of persons or creatures massed together <awed by the multitude of stars in the night sky>

Synonyms army, bike [chiefly Scottish], cram, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, press, rout, scrum, swarm, throng

Related Words masses, millions, rabble, rabblement, riffraff; gaggle; heap, mountain, pile; jam, logjam

2

the body of the community as contrasted with the elite <the nation's idle rich frolicked while the multitude starved>

Synonyms commoners, commons, crowd, herd, hoi polloi, millions, mob, multitude, people, plebeians, plebs, populace, public, rank and file

Related Words cattle, proletariat, rabble, rabblement, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rout, scum, tag, rag, and bobtail (or tagrag and bobtail), trash, unwashed; bourgeoisie, middle class

Near Antonyms gentility, gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), gentry, haute monde, nobility, patriciate, peerage, quality, royalty, society

Antonyms A-list, aristocracy, best, choice, corps d'elite, cream, elect, elite, fat, flower, pick, pink, pride, upper crust