multitude

Examples

• All

• From Philadelphia, they journeyed to New York, a teeming, throbbing city with crowded streets and multitudes of people.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The ambassador had an excellent view of the frenzied multitude from his window.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Well, I... I have prepared some words to address the multitude.

  Peterloo (2018)

• There was a great multitude of people gathered all around him, thousands.

  He Knows My Name (2015)

• Christ passes bread and fish to the uplifted faces of the multitudes.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Following the benediction, the procession retraces its dusty route, in step with the devout multitudes.

  Academic text (2004)

• There was a great multitude of people gathered to celebrate the festival.

• The speaker addressed the multitude that had assembled in the square.

• In the park, a multitude of fans waited eagerly for the concert to begin.

Synonyms

C

crowd

vsmultitude

∞ 1.0

Many people or things are close together in one place

is the neutral general word for any large gathered group

M

mob

vsmultitude

219 3.4

A large noisy crowd that acts in a violent or uncontrolled way

is the neutral term for a gathered group without implying disorder

L

large number

vsmultitude

158 1.4

Many people or things counted together

is specifically about people assembled together rather than any quantity

M

mass

vsmultitude

71 2.7

A large collection of things often including people

focuses on people gathered together rather than bulk or quantity

H

host

vsmultitude

• Literature

69 9.9

A very large group of people, often soldiers

is the everyday neutral word for a gathered group, not literary

H

horde

vsmultitude

68 3.4

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

is the neutral word for a gathered group without movement or threat

L

legion

vsmultitude

54 5.1

A very large number of people or things

is the general word for a gathered group without stressing size

T

throng

vsmultitude

28 5.9

A large group of people packed tightly together

is the neutral term for any large gathered group rather than density

C

congregation

vsmultitude

7 3.4

A group of people, animals, or things gathered together

is the neutral word for gatherings without implying a specific purpose

C

concourse

vsmultitude

1 6.5

A large group of people gathered in one place

is broader and used for any large gathered group in many contexts

Antonyms

I

individual

∞ 2.3

A single person or animal regarded separately from a group

How Many People

multitude

9 4.6

throng

28 5.9

mass

71 2.7

crowd

∞ 1.0

room

525 2.2

a few

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology