“crowd”

Definitions

• noun

  a large number of things or people considered together

  Synonyms: amati, cremona, strad, stradivari, stradivarius, accelerate, aggregation, army, assault, assemblage, assemble, assembly

  • Example:“A crowd of insects assembled around the flowers.”

• noun

  an informal body of friends

  Synonyms: crew, gang, bunch

  • Example:“He still hangs out with the same crowd.”

• verb

  cause to herd, drive, or crowd together

  Synonyms: herd

  • Example:“We herded the children into a spare classroom.”

• verb

  fill or occupy to the point of overflowing

  • Example:“The students crowded the auditorium.”

• verb

  to gather together in large numbers

  Synonyms: crowd together

  • Example:“Men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah.”

• verb

  approach a certain age or speed

  Synonyms: push

  • Example:“She is pushing fifty.”