the crowd

noun

: ordinary people : people who are not viewed or treated as special or unusual

kids trying to distinguish themselves from the crowd

She prefers to be one of the crowd.

Examples of the crowd in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The youth suddenly drops to the ground as the crowd scatters. —Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026

That kind of popularity and radiant goodness produces a lineage of artists but doesn’t have the crowd appeal of a lone genius who invents a flying machine or pulls a seventeen-foot sculpture out of a block of marble. —Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026

While the crowd left with free T-shirts, the Spurs received more extravagant clothing from Kelly Olynyk, who celebrated his 35th birthday Sunday by handing out gifts. —ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026

Officers deployed pepper spray and rubber bullets to repel the crowd; a smaller gathering of about 200 people assembled peacefully on Sunday before dispersing. —Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for the crowd

• allowed
• aloud
• avowed
• endowed
• mcleod
• bowed
• browed
• cloud
• coude
• cowed
• dowd
• loud