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bevy

bevy

13 7.5
A large group of animals, birds or people gathered together
  • noun
  • /ˈbɛvi/
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  • The park was filled with a bevy of children playing games on a sunny afternoon.

Today, we might extend this to a whole bevy of websites as well.

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Examples

  • Making his way through a bevy of people, he tried to put together names with faces.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • With every book launch comes another bevy of feature writers asking the same questions.

    Blog text (21)
  • But in the bevy of activity, will it be noticed?

    Fiction book (1997)
  • A bevy of dockworkers moved in quickly and made her fast in record time.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Gretchen and a small bevy of witches are sitting around this screen in a semi-circle.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Hosted by comedian Tony Rock, Apollo Live promises to entertain with a bevy of special guest appearances and performances.

    Blog text (16)
  • The horseshoe crab's hard shell is home to a bevy of invertebrates.

    Academic text (2002)
  • It was a busy week on the eastern seaboard as a bevy of beauties from each of our forty-eight states converged on Atlantic City for the annual Miss America pageant...

  • A bevy of excited fans gathered outside the stadium, eagerly awaiting the concert.

  • We were greeted by a bevy of colorful birds as we entered the tropical garden.

Synonyms

crowd
vsbevy
1.0

Many people or things are close together in one place

is more general and also applies to birds or animals gathered together
bunch
vsbevy
  • Informal
1.4

A group of people who are often friends

is more neutral and applies to any kind of gathered group
herd
vsbevy
142 1.0

A large group of the same kind of animals that stay or move together

is broader and used for any same kind group including birds and things
horde
vsbevy
68 3.4

A large moving group of people or animals that seems hard to control and overwhelming

is neutral and does not imply disorder or threat
gaggle
vsbevy
20 5.6

A noisy group of geese on land or water and sometimes a noisy group of people

is broader and used for any same kind group, not just one bird species

How Large

throng
28 5.9
crowd
1.0
bevy
13 7.5
flock
82 1.0
covey
2 9.3
pair
889 1.0

Surface Forms

bevy singular
bevies plural

Etymology

Bevy comes from an old French word that meant 'a gathering' or 'company'. So a bevy is simply a group of birds, people, or things gathered together.