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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large gathering |
| Synonyms: | collection, company, crowd, crush, drive, flock, herd, horde, mob, multitude, pack, press, rout, run, swarm, throng |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | moving, controlling a vehicle |
| Synonyms: | actuate, advance, bear down, bicycle, bike, burn rubber, burn up the road, coast, cruise, cycle, dash, direct, drag, fire up, floor it, fly, guide, handle, impel, lean on it, make sparks fly, manage, mobilize, motor, operate, pour it on, propel, push, ride, roll, run, send, speed, spin, start, steer, step on it, step on the gas, tailgate, tool*, transport, travel, turn, vehiculate, wheel |
| Antonyms: | halt, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit with heavy blow |
| Synonyms: | batter, beat, butt, dash, dig, hammer, jackhammer, knock, maul, plunge, pop, punch, ram, run, shoot, sink, smite, sock, stab, stick, strike, throw, thrust, thump, twack, whack, wham |
| Main Entry: | crowd |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large assembly |
| Synonyms: | army, array, blowout, bunch, cattle, circle, clique, cloud, cluster, company, concourse, confluence, conflux, congeries, congregation, coterie, crew, crush, deluge, drove, faction, flock, flood, gaggle, great unwashed, group, herd, horde, host, jam, legion, lot, mass, masses, meet, mob, multitude, muster, organization, pack, party, people, posse, press, rabble, rank and file, scores, sellout, set, stream, surge, swarm, throng, troupe, tumult |
| Main Entry: | crush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crowd of animate beings |
| Synonyms: | drove, gathering, horde, huddle, jam, multitude, party, press, push, throng, tumult |
| Main Entry: | flock |
| 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: | gathering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assemblage, accumulation |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, affair, aggregate, aggregation, association, band, body, bunch, caucus, clambake, collection, company, concentration, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, crush, drove, flock, function, gain, get-together, group, heap, herd, horde, huddle, junction, knot, levy, mass, meet, meeting, muster, parley, party, pile, powwow, rally, roundup, social function, society, stock, stockpile, swarm, throng, turnout, union |
| Main Entry: | herd |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large group |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, bevy, brood, clan, collection, covey, crowd, crush, drift, drove, flight, flock, gaggle, gathering, hoi polloi, horde, lot, mass, mob, multitude, nest, pack, people, populace, press, rabble, school, swarm, throng |
| Notes: | heard means detected or perceived by the sense of hearing while a herd is a group of wild animals of one species that remain together |
| Main Entry: | horde |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncontrolled throng, pack |
| Synonyms: | band, crew, crowd, crush, drove, everybody, gang, gathering, host, jam, mob, multitude, press, push, squash, swarm, troop, turnout, wall-to-wall |
| Notes: | a hoard is a collection or the action that creates one; a horde is a crowd, sometimes unfriendly |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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