MULTITUDE Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

multitude

noun

ˈməl-tə-ˌtüd

Definition of multitude

as in throng

a great number of persons or creatures massed together awed by the multitude of stars in the night sky

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as in populace

the body of the community as contrasted with the elite the nation's idle rich frolicked while the multitude starved

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Recent Examples of multitude Jones is, as she’s proven throughout her career, immensely adept at capturing a multitude of personae with quick shifts of posture, timbre, and accent, though in this case, a sameness comes with recounting so much recent political conversation. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026 The fact that beans pack a multitude of health benefits is hardly a secret. — Embry Roberts, Martha Stewart, 19 Sep. 2026 Another from a user named EDSHRANCOMPLICIT featured a video of a man demonstrating a multitude of ways to give the camera the middle finger. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026 The early days of our solar system were chaotic, marked by violent interactions as a multitude of space rocks orbiting the sun crashed into other objects. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for multitude

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Noun

Pawlikowski accepted his statuette from Chiwetel Ejiofor and Nicole Kidman, wiped his brow, and addressed the shining throng.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Leo's visit to Paris came as a birthday present for Jean-Claude Farnabe, who turned 63 on Saturday and spent the morning securing a spot amid the throngs of people.

— CBS News, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of throng

Noun

The decision was ultimately reversed by a New York Supreme Court judge, on the grounds that Warren violated the populace’s religious liberties.

— Clare Whitton, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026
The entire populace is beholden to Billy’s stepmom, Zoe Macon (Poorna Jagannathan), their resident Manhunter in hiding.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of populace

Noun

Faraway Sag Harbor began welcoming guests in June 2026, just in time for peak Hamptons crowds.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
This can aid, of course, in forecasting crowds and park staffing, but is also intended to limit days in which the park can feel overcrowded.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of crowd

Noun

Another 13 people were wounded on downtown Sacramento’s K Street and 10th Street, in what became the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
Organizers say more than 125,000 people are expected throughout the event, bringing in millions of dollars for the local economy.

— Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Definition of people

Noun

Kramer thanked YouTube native Parsons for his film Backroom, which helped energize young audiences, and also noted how the youth demographic flocks to Academy screenings of classic cinema.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
On May 24, 2023, the trio, who belong to a group called Animal Rising, approached Appleton Farm on the Sandringham estate and climbed over a low electric fence to gain access to the flock.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of flock

Noun

The pool distributes in-person reports and imagery to the broader press corps and is designed to hold the nation’s chief executive accountable on behalf of the American public.

— Sarah Rankin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
According to recent survey data from polling firm Forsa, merely 11% of the German public currently expresses satisfaction with his performance in office.

— , CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of public

Noun

The allied soldiers performed well in a scenario that mimicked previous conflicts with limited air threats, but their systems were not designed for the large drone swarms of modern combat.

— Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
First, OpenAI revealed that a swarm of its experimental AI models broke out of a testing environment and hacked another AI platform, Hugging Face, without human direction or knowledge.

— Brittany Shammas, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of swarm

Noun

For much of this year, Bass and Raman voiced concern that the merger would trigger mass layoffs within the film and television industries.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
The gelatin holds the ingredients together and provides a place for the yeast cells to grow, while the sand provides mass and structure.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026

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