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mob

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of mob

1 a great number of persons or creatures massed together

  • a mob of pigeons soon flocked around us after they spied the bread crumbs
Synonyms of mob

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

masses, millions, rabble, rabblement, riffraff

gaggle

heap, mountain, pile

jam, logjam

2 a group involved in secret or criminal activities

  • the club owner was accused of having connections with a mob of racketeers
Synonyms of mob

cabal, conspiracy, crew, gang, Mafia, ring, syndicate
Words Related to mob

bunch, circle, clan, clique, coterie, coven, crowd, galère, lot, network, pack, set

junta, oligarchy

3 the body of the community as contrasted with the elite

  • political speeches designed to appeal to the mob
Synonyms of mob

commoners, commons, crowd, herd, hoi polloi, mass, millions, multitude, people, plebeians, plebs, populace, public, rank and file
Words Related to mob

cattle, proletariat, rabble, rabblement, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rout, scum, tag, rag, and bobtail (or tagrag and bobtail), trash, unwashed

bourgeoisie, middle class
Near Antonyms of mob

gentility, gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), gentry, haute monde, nobility, patriciate, peerage, quality, royalty, society
Antonyms of mob

A-list, aristocracy, best, choice, corps d'elite, cream, elect, elite, fat, flower, pick, pink, pride, upper crust

Synonym Discussion of mob

crowd, throng, horde, crush, mob mean an assembled multitude. crowd implies a close gathering and pressing together.
    • a crowd gathered
throng and horde suggest movement and pushing.
    • a throng of reporters
    • a horde of shoppers
crush emphasizes the compactness of the group, the difficulty of individual movement, and the attendant discomfort.
    • a crush of fans
mob implies a disorderly crowd with the potential for violence.
    • an angry mob

mob

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of mob

to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers

  • the snack bar was mobbed as soon as the meeting was over
Synonyms of mob

crowd, flock, swarm, throng
Words Related to mob

beset, infest, invade, overrun

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

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