STAMPEDE Synonyms: 121 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in flood

a large group of animals or people moving together in a quick and disordered way During the morning rush hour, the coffee shop gets hit with a stampede of customers.

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verb

as in to dart

to move together in a quick and disordered manner and usually in a large group At the sound of the lunch bell, all five hundred students in the building stampeded toward the cafeteria.

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Recent Examples of stampede

Noun

Another followed China’s WTO entry in 2001, which brought a stampede of US manufacturers, and equally unrealistic expectations of what lay behind the Chinese portal. —

Andy Browne, semafor.com, 14 May 2026 Studies need to be taken now as the insatiable AI march is turning into a stampede. —

Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026

Verb

And an average of 22,000 to 25,000-plus people stampeded the grounds daily, according to estimates that include festivalgoers, performers and more than 1,000 volunteers, staff and crew. —

Michael Deeds may 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 May 2026 In one of the more striking examples, retail traders stampeded into Allbirds after the troubled shoemaker slapped an artificial intelligence label on its business. —

Yun Li, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stampede

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stampede

Noun

Assemblyman Alex Bores is locked in a tight race ahead of the June 23 primary and may have benefitted from a flood of attack advertising sponsored by tech billionaires who don’t like his focus on regulating artificial intelligence.

— Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
State workers from six departments were bestowed with California’s highest honor for public employees who have performed daring rescues in extreme conditions, including floods, wildfires and active shooter incidents.

— William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026