Synonyms of flocked

flocked

verb

past tense of flock

as in crowded

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 & Similar Words

• crowded
• invaded
• thronged
• swarmed
• mobbed
• jammed
• infested
• beset
• obstructed
• clogged
• plugged (up)
• overran
• dammed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flocked

Some 65 designers flocked to the Nigerian metropolis to showcase their collections to an audience of press, influencers, and other industry figures. — Ezreen Benissan, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026

This flocked wreath lights up and is adorned with a silky velvet green ribbon at less than $20. — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2026

Falkman was studying at Pratt Institute and Paretti served as his guide to the art world and the bohemian crowd that flocked to the Chelsea Hotel. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026

Homesteaders flocked to the territory, as did speculators who were less interested in eking a living out of the land than getting rich off what lay beneath it. — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026

Hundreds of startups flocked to the city for its super-fast broadband, with tech incubators setting up shop in shuttered storefronts and abandoned industrial factories dotted along the city’s downtown. — Sara Herschander, Vox, 29 Oct. 2026

Instead, as would later happen in Kansas and Nebraska, slaveowners and Southern sympathizers on the one hand and abolitionists and Free-Soilers on the other all flocked to California to try to tip the political scales in their favor. — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

This year, audiences flocked to features by filmmakers who cut their teeth on online shorts, like Curry Barker (Obsession), Kane Parsons (Backrooms) and Markiplier (Iron Lung). — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2026

When chef Clay Conley and the Ember Group opened the second location of Conley’s popular Palm Beach restaurant Buccan in Coral Gables earlier this year, diners flocked to see what the fuss was about. — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026