Synonyms of herded

herded

verb

past tense of herd

as in drove

to urge, push, or force onward

the guards briskly herded us through the museum in order to prevent overcrowding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drove
• ran
• punched
• shepherded
• whipped
• prodded
• pressed
• hounded
• goaded
• spurred
• exhorted
• wrangled
• prompted
• pricked
• flogged
• egged
• scourged

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of herded

Irish and Scottish laborers moved to the West to work on railroads, while Mexican vaqueros herded cattle on the open range. — Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

Cattle are herded in a stable on June 05, 2026 in Hamilton, Texas. — Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 2 July 2026

Just after midnight, guests were herded into Grainger Sky Theater with the promise of a surprise. — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026

In a sense that’s true, as rather than continually being reinvested in Destiny, the profits were used for bizarre projects like a sprawling HQ in the COVID era, or herded into too many other incubation projects. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Elsewhere, a megaphone-wielding leader herded dozens of black cats in the style of artist Gary Baseman into some semblance of order. — Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026

Indeed, any similarities will help tell us how asteroids were herded around during the first few hundred million years of solar system history following the formation of the planets. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 June 2026

The wranglers gave chase and herded him back into line. — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026

In 1937, Stalin, himself a former dabbler in the language, reversed course on Esperanto and herded its speakers into gulags on account of its internationalist appeal. — Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026