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, crush, drove, crowd, herd, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, press, rout, scrum, swarm, throngWords 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, herdWords Related to flock colony, covey, gaggle, pack, plump [chiefly dialect], pod, school, swarm

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, throngWords Related to flock beset, infest, invade, overrun; clog, dam, jam, obstruct, plug (up)