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| Main Entry: |
flock
 [flok] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | congregation |
| Synonyms: | army, assembly, bevy, brood, cloud, collection, colony, company, convoy, crowd, crush, drift, drove, flight, gaggle, gathering, group, herd, host, legion, litter, mass, multitude, pack, progeny, rout, scores, skein, throng |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quantity |
| Synonyms: | aplenty, bags, bulk, bundle, chunk, expanse, extent, flock, gob, heap, hunk, jillion, load, lot, magnitude, mass, measure, mess*, mint, mucho, number, oodles*, pack, passel, peck, pile, scads, score, slat, slew, supply, ton, volume, whopper |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | army |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group resembling military force |
| Synonyms: | array, cloud, company, crowd, division, flock, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, outfit, pack, regiment, scores, swarm, throng, unit |
Example Sentences
- He copped a few himself and was soon frolicking with his flock.
- Males are solitary in the spring breeding season, but in winter, rheas are social and flock together.
- But recently a flock of knowledge-intensive industries has settled there, bringing renewed prosperity in its wake.
| Main Entry: | assemble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | congregate |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, agglomerate, amass, bring together, bunch, bunch up, call, call together, capture*, collect, come together, convene, convoke, corral*, flock, gang up, gather, group, hang around, hang out*, huddle, lump, make the scene, meet, meet up, mobilize, muster, rally, reunite, round up, scare up, summon, unite |
| Antonyms: | disperse, scatter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assembly |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | congregation |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, association, band, body, bunch, clambake, cluster, coffee klatch, collection, company, conclave, confab, conference, convocation, council, crew, crowd, faction, flock, gathering, get-together, group, huddle, mass, meet*, meeting, multitude, rally, sit-in, throng, turnout |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bevy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swarm |
| Synonyms: | assembly, band, bunch, cluster, collection, company, covey, crew, crowd, flight, flock, gathering, group, pack, party, troupe |
| Antonyms: | individual, one |
| Main Entry: | brood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cluster of children |
| Synonyms: | begats, breed, chicks, clutch, descendants, family, flock, hatch, infants, issue, litter, offspring, posterity, progeniture, progeny, scions, seed, young |
| Antonyms: | child |
| Main Entry: | bunch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection of something |
| Synonyms: | agglomeration, assemblage, assortment, band, batch, bevy, blob, bouquet, bundle, caboodle, chunk, clump, cluster, covey, crew, crowd, fascicle, flock, galaxy, gang, gathering, group, heap, host, hunk, knot, lot, mass, mess, mob, multitude, number, oodles*, pack, parcel, party, passel, pile, quantity, sheaf, shebang, shock, shooting match, spray, stack, swarm, team, thicket, troop, tuft |
| Antonyms: | individual, one |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bunch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather in group |
| Synonyms: | assemble, bundle, cluster, collect, congregate, cram, crowd, flock, group, herd, huddle, mass, pack |
| Antonyms: | disperse, divide, scatter, separate, spread |
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