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| Main Entry: |
crowd
 [kroud] 
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| 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 |
| Antonyms: | individual, single |
Example Sentences
- By midnight a diminished and disappointed press gaggle stood outside lamenting the dearth of stars.
- First, you have to make sure you can sort out a potentially hazardous flock from a non-threatening gaggle.
- It may seem odd that venture capitalists should care what a gaggle of lowly entrepreneurs have to say about them.
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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