NOUN | group | crowd | a large number of things or people considered together |
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group | crowd, crew, gang, bunch | an informal body of friends | |
VERB | motion | crowd, herd | cause to herd, drive, or crowd together |
stative | crowd | fill or occupy to the point of overflowing | |
motion | crowd, crowd together | to gather together in large numbers | |
motion | crowd, push | approach a certain age or speed |
Sounds | kraw'd | |
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Rhymes | aloud ... unbowed: 15 rhymes with awd... |
Meaning | A large number of things or people considered together. | |
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Example | "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" | |
Narrower | army | A large number of people united for some specific purpose |
crush, jam, press | A dense crowd of people | |
drove, horde, swarm | A moving crowd | |
huddle | A disorganized and densely packed crowd | |
mob, rabble, rout | A disorderly crowd of people | |
phalanx | Any closely ranked crowd of people | |
troop, flock | An orderly crowd | |
Broader | gathering, assemblage | A group of persons together in one place |
Spanish | masa, montón, multitud | |
Catalan | massa, multitud, munt | |
Verbs | crowd | to gather together in large numbers |
crowd | cause to herd, drive, or crowd together | |
crowd | fill or occupy to the point of overflowing |
Meaning | An informal body of friends. | |
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Example | "he still hangs out with the same crowd" | |
Synonyms | crew, gang, bunch | |
Broader | gathering, assemblage | A group of persons together in one place |
Spanish | basca, cuadrilla, grupo, hato, panda, pandilla | |
Catalan | colla, penya, quadrilla, trepa |
Meaning | Cause to herd, drive, or crowd together. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Synonym | herd | |
Narrower | overcrowd | Cause to crowd together too much |
Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
Spanish | apiñar, meter | |
Catalan | amuntegar-se, apilotar-se, apinyar, encabir, entaforar, ficar | |
Nouns | crowd | a large number of things or people considered together |
crowding | a situation in which people or things are crowded together |
Meaning | fill or occupy to the point of overflowing. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Model | The crowds crowd in the streets | |
Example | "The students crowded the auditorium" | |
Broader | occupy, fill | Occupy the whole of |
Spanish | atestar, desbordar | |
Nouns | crowd | a large number of things or people considered together |
crowding | a situation in which people or things are crowded together |
Meaning | To gather together in large numbers. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" | |
Synonym | crowd together | |
Narrower | herd | Move together, like a herd |
mass | join / join together into a mass or collect or form a mass | |
overcrowd | crowd together too much | |
pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate | Move in large numbers | |
throng, mob, pack, pile, jam | Press tightly together or cram | |
Broader | meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather | Collect in one place |
Spanish | apiñar, llenar, meter | |
Catalan | amuntegar-se, apilotar-se, apinyar, encabir, entaforar, ficar | |
Nouns | crowd | a large number of things or people considered together |
crowding | a situation in which people or things are crowded together |
Meaning | approach a certain age or speed. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | push | |
Broader | approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near | Move towards |
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