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flock

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of flock

1 a great number of persons or creatures massed together

  • a flock of obstreperous reporters at the press conference
Synonyms of flock

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

masses, millions, rabble, rabblement, riffraff

gaggle

heap, mountain, pile

jam, logjam

2 a group of domestic animals assembled or herded together

  • a flock of sheep crossing the road
Synonyms of flock

drove, herd
Words Related to flock

colony, covey, gaggle, pack, plump [chiefly dialect], pod, school, swarm

flock

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of flock

to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers

  • vacationers flocked to the towns along the shore in order to escape the August heat
Synonyms of flock

crowd, mob, swarm, throng
Words Related to flock

beset, infest, invade, overrun

clog, dam, jam, obstruct, plug (up)

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