Synonyms of hordes

hordes

noun

plural of horde

as in throngs

a great number of persons or creatures massed together

a horde of mosquitoes

hordes of tourists from the cruise ship crowded the shops and cafes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throngs
• swarms
• flocks
• crowds
• masses
• multitudes
• legions
• masses
• armies
• mobs
• millions
• droves
• bikes
• herds
• routs
• hosts
• crushes
• crams
• presses
• riffraffs
• piles
• rabbles
• gaggles
• rabblements
• scrums
• heaps
• mountains
• jams
• logjams

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hordes

The president also frequently recounts that hordes of women, including journalists, Cabinet members and administration officials, used to complain to him about their high heels getting stuck in the mud in the old, grassy Rose Garden. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

For those looking to escape the hordes, the Park Lane, set north of central Copenhagen, offers a pocket of peace. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026

Many could be seen climbing up the walls and then running in hordes along the coast to get into the city. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026

Video shows hordes of apparently military-aged men smiling and posing for cameras, some carrying swimming flippers, and sprinting through the streets as authorities struggle to corral the unruly masses. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

This is a real neighborhood with authentic shops and restaurants, removed from the hordes of tourists near the Duomo. — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

That year, the number of possible points had changed from two hundred to four hundred, and the newspapers reported that this test had slaughtered hordes of top students. — Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026

Waterbucks stood tall and stately along the trail and hordes of the little Angola impalas scurried across in front of us. — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026

Soon Massachusetts society was groaning under the burden of these hordes of foreign freeloaders. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026