Crowd
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English
Verb
Crowd (third-person singular simple present Crowds, present participle Crowding, simple past and past participle Crowded)
- (transitive) To push, to press, to shove, to drive together; to mass together.
- (transitive) To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity.
- (transitive) To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.
- (nautical) To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way
- (intransitive) To press together or collect in numbers; to swarm; to throng
Noun
Crowd (plural Crowds)- Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.
- A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
- (with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace, vulgar.
- A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.
- (obsolete) A crwth, an Ancient Celtic plucked string instrument.
- (now dialectal) A fiddle.
Adjectives for Crowd
discordant; noisy; sportive; yelling; cosmopolitan; shouting; odd; oppressive; silent, rushing; eager; gaping; interminable; boisterous; passing; thick-pressed; promiscuous; voluble; madding; unreasonable; dark-robed; mercenary; miserable; streaming; heartless; hurrying; trembling; unabashed; mingled; surrounding; luckier; gossipy; village; horrid; gloomy; strangling; sympathetic; whispering; assembled; moving; motley; curious; excited; talented; discharged; enthusiastic; threatening; starry; tremendous; seething; scurrying; supper-hungry; still; gentlemanly; jocund; vulgar; dull-faced; self-controlled; dispersing; distinguished; colorful; indiscreet; serried; unfeeling; anxious; quiet; applauding; swirling; weary; malicious; tumultuous; buffeting; raucous; unnumbered; scattered; unhesitating; thickening; impatient; baser; patriotic; good-sized; advancing; watching; awful; jeering; gesticulating; angry; dense; outraged; idle; giddy; well-bred; debauching; surging; thinned; pitying; excited; laughing; unworthy; worthwhile; picturesque; ignoble; cheering; fickle; gazing; prostrate; reformed; exulting; incoming; thoughtless; visionary; sacrificial; virile; idealistic; helpless; ribald; wild-scrambling; myriad-tongued; thronging; dignified; merry; spiteful; purblind; suffering; brilliant; animated; somber; preoccupied; drunken; handsome; glittering; friendly; well-behaved; orderly; healthy; complacent; awed; admiring; acclaiming; morbid; reverent; interested; sober-faced; tranquil; devout; convivial; attentive; hilarious; half-tipsy; roistering; thirsty; rollicking; mirthful; merry-making; congenial; jubilant; good-natured; vivacious; whimsical; smart; sophisticated; well-dressed; expensive; screaming; obstreperous; hooting; queer; enormous; hushed; tatterdemalion; hard-looking; tough; suspicious; quick-acting; realistic; bargaining; heterogeneous; listening; waiting; strolling; murmuring; chattering; milling; swarming; elbowing; lurching; shoving; swaying; eddying; writhing; turbulent; hustling; indifferent; bustling; hostile; challenging; troublesome; pestering; victorious; restless; blood-mad; quarrelsome; frenzied; frightened; wavering; panicky; bibulous; bourgeois; casual; residential; exultant; modern; ubiquitous; famished; impoverished; gaudy; vigorous; powerful; increasing; critical; slow-moving; thawing.
Verbs for Crowd
bewilder —; bore —; cater to —; disassociate from —; disperse —; draw —; excite—; harangue —; key up —; plunge into —; steal among —; tower above —; wait with—;— assembles; — clusters; — collects; — dissolves; — gapes at; — gathers; — groans; — hoots; — jams; — jeers; — jostles; — lionizes; — mills about; — mutters; — packs into; — pours from; —presses; — retreats; — scurries; — seethes; — speculates; — stares; — storms; — surges; — swarms; — swerves; — throngs; — wavers.
Synonyms for Crowd
- (group of things): aggregation, cluster, group, mass
- (group of people): audience, group, multitude, public, swarm, throng
- (the "lower orders" of people): everyone, general public, masses, rabble, mob, unwashed
Thesaurus
assemble, assembly, band, bar, barricade, bass, bass viol, battalion, be alive with, bear, bear upon, bevy, block, block up, blockade, body, bolt, boost, bow, bridge, brigade, brim, bristle with, buck, bull, bull fiddle, bulldoze, bump, bump against, bunch, bunch up, bundle, bunt, burst with, bustle, butt, butt against, cabal, cadre, camarilla, cast, cell, cello, charge, charmed circle, chase, chock, choke, choke off, circle, clan, clique, close, close off, close tight, close up, closed circle, clot, cloud, cluster, clutter, cohort, cohue, collect, collection, come together, compact, company, complement, compress, concentrate, condense, congeries, congest, congregate, congregation, consolidate, constrict, contingent, contrabass, converge, copulate, corps, corral, coterie, couple, covey, cram, crawl with, creep with, crew, crush, dash, dash off, dash on, date, debar, deluge, detachment, detail, dig, dispatch, division, dog, double bass, double-time, drench, drive, drive on, drove, elbow, elite, elite group, expedite, faction, festinate, fiddle, fill, fill to overflowing, fill up, fingerboard, fleet, flock, flock together, flood, flow together, force, forgather, forge ahead, forward, freight, fuse, gaggle, galaxy, gang, gang around, gang up, gather, gather around, get going, get moving, get together, glut, gluttonize, go slow, goad, gorge, group, grouping, groupment, haste, hasten, hasten on, heap, herd, herd together, hie on, hive, horde, host, huddle, hurry, hurry along, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hurtle, hustle, hustle up, ignobile vulgus, in-group, inch forward, ingroup, inner circle, jab, jam, jam-pack, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, junta, junto, kit, kit fiddle, kit violin, lade, league, leap, legion, link, load, lock, lose no time, lot, make haste, many-headed multitude, mass, meet, merge, mill, mob, mobile vulgus, move quickly, movement, muddle through, multiply, multitude, muster, nudge, obstruct, occlude, out-group, outfit, overburden, overcharge, overfeed, overfill, overflow with, overlade, overload, overstuff, overweight, pack, pad, panoply, parley, party, peer group, phalanx, pile, pile drive, platoon, plunge, poke, posse, post, pour, precipitate, press, press forward, press on, prod, pullulate with, punch, push, push forward, push on, push through, quicken, rabble, race, railroad through, rally, rally around, ram, ram down, ram in, regiment, rendezvous, ring, rout, ruck, run, run against, rush, rush along, rush through, salon, satiate, saturate, scamper, scores, scramble, scroll, scurry, scuttle, seethe, set, shake, shoulder, shove, shut off, shut out, shut tight, soak, solidify, soundboard, spate, speed, speed along, speed up, spur, spurt, squab, squad, squash, squeeze, squeeze shut, squish, stable, stampede, stifle, stop up, strangle, strangulate, stream, stress, string, stuff, suffocate, supercharge, supersaturate, surcharge, surfeit, surge, swarm, swarm with, tamp, team, tear, teem with, tenor violin, the common herd, the crowd, the great unnumbered, the great unwashed, the herd, the hoi polloi, the horde, the majority, the many, the masses, the mob, the multitude, throng, throng with, thrust, top off, tribe, troop, troupe, tuning peg, unite, urge, viola, violin, violinette, violoncello, violoncello piccolo, violone, violotta, wad, we-group, weight, whip, whip along, wing, A string, Amati, Cremona, D string, E string, G string, Strad, Stradivari, Stradivarius, abound with, accelerate, age group, aggregation, army, assault, assemblage,
