crowd
∞
1.0
- noun
- /kraʊd/
:
multitud
- The crowd gathered in the square to celebrate the festival.
- a large crowd
- crowds of people
- draw large crowds
And I sang that song and the crowd cheered.
- And I sang that song and the crowd cheered.
- The fact that nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
- Fauci came up, the crowd chanted fire Fauci.
- In the last four or five years, the crowd has somewhat changed.
- You can feel the Friday vibe in the crowd that is unmistakable.
- Is it the madness of crowds somehow carrying us forward?
- Then Chris Christie really fired up the crowd with a super fun game.
Examples
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And it's a capacity crowd here tonight in Akron.
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It's great to see such a big crowd on a beautiful day.
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I was the best because the crowd loved me.
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You can see a very big crowd outside the plant.
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About twenty people from the crowd joined in to learn the dance steps.
Academic text (2011) -
You got the support of the crowd, haven't you?
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After they passed through the crowd, the procession ended on the main stage.
Academic text (2013) -
And I sang that song and the crowd cheered.
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When Cicero spoke, the crowd stood and cheered.
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The air is heavy with anticipation as the silent crowd awaits the decision.
Synonyms
219
3.4
A large noisy crowd that acts in a violent or uncontrolled way
210
3.1
A group of similar things or people close together
68
3.4
A large moving group of people or animals that seems hard to control and overwhelming
42
3.4
A large group of insects or people moving together without control
16
3.4
A large, tightly packed group of people in one place
14
5.1
A tightly packed group of people in a small space
10
2.7
People or things that form one unit
9
4.6
A large group of people gathered together
9
2.7
A group of people or animals that move together in an orderly way
7
3.4
A group of people, animals, or things gathered together
5
3.2
A group of people or things crowded closely together
3
6.6
A group of people gathered for a common purpose, like at a meeting
1
6.5
A large group of people gathered in one place
1
9.9
A large crowd of people packed closely together
1
8.8
A group of ordinary people seen as not special
A large crowd of people who gather for the same purpose
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
1
9.3
People who travel into a city from outside to go out for fun
- Offensive
A group of people who like popular trends and seem ordinary or not original
- Offensive
A group of young people who work in the city and act like they are better than others
How Crowded
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crowd comes from an old verb that meant 'press together', which gave the picture of people packed closely together. So a crowd is a large number of people or things gathered tightly in one place.