throng
[noun]
Synonyms:
- crowd, crush, horde, host, mass, mob, multitude, pack, swarm
[verb]
Synonyms:
- crowd, congregate, converge, flock, mill around, pack, swarm around

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Related Words: assemblage, assembly, collection, congregation, gathering, bunch, flock, group, pack

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

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. throng¹ /θrɒŋ $ θrɒːŋ/ noun [countable] written
[Language: Old English; Origin: thrang, gethrang]
a large group of people in one place Synonym : crowd:
She got lost in the throng.
throng of
a throng of excited spectators

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. throng² verb

1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] if people throng a place, they go there in large numbers:
Tourists thronged the bars and restaurants.

2. be thronged with somebody/something if a place is thronged with people or things, there are a lot of them there:
The streets were thronged with Christmas shoppers.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

throng
noun
VERB + THRONG join people coming from all directions to join the throng
PREP. among/through the ~ He made his way slowly through the throng.
in the ~ She was lost in the throng.
into the ~ He disappeared into the throng.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

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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