swarm
[noun]
Synonyms:
- multitude, army, crowd, flock, herd, horde, host, mass, throng
[verb]
Synonyms:
- crowd, flock, mass, stream, throng
- teem, abound, bristle, crawl

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Related Idioms: gather (or swarm) like bees

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English Thesaurus: crowd, mob, mass, horde, droves, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. swarm¹ /swɔːm $ swɔːrm/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: swearm]

1. a large group of insects, especially bees, moving together

2. a crowd of people who are moving quickly
swarm of
Swarms of tourists jostled through the square.

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II. swarm² verb [intransitive]

1. [always + adverb/preposition] if people swarm somewhere, they go there as a large uncontrolled crowd:
Photographers were swarming around the princess.

2. if bees swarm, they leave a hive (=place where they live) in a large group to look for another home
swarm with somebody/something phrasal verb
to be full of a moving crowd of people or animals:
The museum was swarming with tourists.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

crowd a large number of people together in one place:
The exhibition is expected to attract large crowds of visitors.
mob a crowd of noisy and violent people who are difficult to control:
The mob set fire to cars and buildings.
mass a very large crowd which is not moving and which is very difficult to move through:
the mass of people in the station
horde a large crowd of people, especially people who are behaving in a way that you disapprove of or that annoys you:
the hordes of tourists on the island
droves [plural] a crowd of people – used especially when you are talking about a crowd of people who move from one place to another:
The public came in droves to see the event.
throng literary a very large crowd:
A great throng had gathered to listen to his speech.
flock a large group of people of the same type, especially when they have a leader:
A flock of children were being shown through the museum.
pack a group of people of the same type, especially a group you do not approve of:
A pack of reporters shouted questions.
swarm a large crowd of people who are moving quickly in many directions in a very uncontrolled way:
a swarm of children in the playground
crush a crowd of people who are pressed close together:
There was such a crush on the Metro this morning.
multitude formal literary a very large number of people, especially ordinary people:
The Emperor came out to speak to the multitude.

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