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crowd

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of crowd

1 a great number of persons or creatures massed together
  • A huge crowd of fans was on hand to greet the returning World Series champions.
Synonyms of crowd

army, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, press, rout, swarm, throng
Words Related to crowd

masses, millions, rabble, rabblement, riffraff

gaggle

heap, mountain, pile

jam, logjam
2 a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
  • the fashionable crowd at the polo tournament
Synonyms of crowd

body, bunch, circle, clan, clique, community, coterie, coven, fold, gang, lot, network, pack, ring, set
Words Related to crowd

charmed circle, elite, in-group

club, college, fellowship, guild (also gild), league, organization, society

camp, faction, sect, side, tribe

mess, squad

brotherhood, fraternity, order, sisterhood, sodality, sorority

commune

alliance, bloc, coalition, confederation, congress, council, federation, union
3 the body of the community as contrasted with the elite
  • No national leader was ever more loved by the crowd.
Synonyms of crowd

commoners, commons, herd, hoi polloi, mass, millions, mob, multitude, people, plebeians, plebs, populace, public, rank and file
Words Related to crowd

cattle, proletariat, rabble, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rout, trash, unwashed
Near Antonyms of crowd

gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), gentry, nobility, patriciate, peerage, royalty, society
Antonyms of crowd

A-list, aristocracy, best, choice, cream, elect, elite, fat, flower, pick, pride, upper crust

Synonym Discussion of crowd

crowd, throng, horde, crush, mob mean an assembled multitude. crowd implies a close gathering and pressing together.
    • a crowd gathered
throng and horde suggest movement and pushing.
    • a throng of reporters
    • a horde of shoppers
crush emphasizes the compactness of the group, the difficulty of individual movement, and the attendant discomfort.
    • a crush of fans
mob implies a disorderly crowd with the potential for violence.
    • an angry mob

crowd

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of crowd

1 to fit (people or things) into a tight space
  • crowded all the boats into the harbor before the storm struck
Synonyms of crowd

cram, crush, jam, ram, sandwich, shoehorn, squeeze, stuff, wedge
Words Related to crowd

fill, heap, jam-pack, load, pack
2 to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers
  • Cars crowded the roads over the long holiday weekend.
Synonyms of crowd

flock, mob, swarm, throng
Words Related to crowd

beset, infest, invade, overrun

clog, dam, jam, obstruct, plug (up)
3 to gather into a closely packed group
  • Everyone crowded around to see the baby being shown off by his proud parents.
Synonyms of crowd

bunch, cluster, huddle, pile, press
Words Related to crowd

assemble, collect, concentrate, congregate, convene, converge, flock, forgather (or foregather), herd, swarm, throng

encircle, mob, surround

embrace, hug
Near Antonyms of crowd

break up, disband, disperse, split (up)

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