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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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: | set |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group, assortment |
| Synonyms: | array, assemblage, band, batch, body, bunch, bundle, camp, circle, clan, class, clique, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, company, compendium, coterie, crew, crowd, faction, gaggle, gang, kit, lot, mob, organization, outfit, pack, push, rat pack, sect, series |
| Notes: | to set is to place something; to sit is to be seated |
| Antonyms: | individual, single |
| Main Entry: | ruck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crowd |
| 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, score, scores, sellout, set, stream, surge, swarm, throng, troupe, tumult |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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