to throng

Examples

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• Each morning at sunrise, people throng to the Potala to perform a familiar act of devotion, circumambulation.

  Academic text (2005)

• Millions of Hindus throng places of pilgrimage.

  Academic text (2010)

• On market days, half again, or even twice as many thronged the streets.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Men and women of every nation thronged the streets.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Riots break out as people throng towards the coffin and block its way.

• The place was thronged with people wearing the costumes of many nations.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Once the parade has passed, the crowd throngs the streets.

  Fiction book (1992)

• And as Harding's body makes its long way back to Washington, DC, countless people throng to see the train pass by.

• Huge crowds have thronged the massive old square outside the cathedral.

  Fiction book (1992)

• We're blocks from Michigan Avenue, and an hour early, but people are thronging to that magnificent street.

  Blog text (10)

Synonyms

P

to pack

vsto throng

278 2.3

To press things together so they take less space

is about people coming together in a place by closeness rather than intentional compression

P

to press

vsto throng

141 2.7

Move close together and push forward in a crowd

is less forceful and more about occupying a place densely

F

to flock

vsto throng

74 2.0

To move together in large numbers

usually means strong tight presence in one spot rather than moving together as a unit

G

to gather around

vsto throng

70 1.9

Come together in a group near someone or something

focuses on filling an area densely rather than simply assembling around one target

J

to jam

vsto throng

46 3.2

Push people or things together so they cannot move easily

describes dense assembly without necessarily causing movement blockages

C

to cluster

vsto throng

41 3.5

To come together in a small group or make people do the same

is more about many people closely packed in one place rather than object groups

B

to bunch up

vsto throng

8 3.3

To gather closely into a tight group

usually describes larger dense assemblies across a place rather than small tight clumps

M

to mob

vsto throng

3 5.5

To crowd around someone or something closely and quickly

is less likely to have hostile or overwhelming intent more neutral dense presence

C

to crowd together

vsto throng

2 3.0

To stand or move closely in a group

often implies more forceful pushing and denser physical squeezing in a place

F

to flock together

vsto throng

2 3.0

People and animals come together in a group for safety or shared interest

is more about close packed presence in a place rather than social attraction

C

to crowd in on

vsto throng

1 4.8

To move close together around a person or thing leaving little space

focuses on filling a place tightly rather than specifically surrounding one person

Antonyms

D

to disperse

104 4.4

To cause people and things, like a crowd or fog, to spread over a wide area

How Crowded

to throng

7 6.4

to pack

278 2.3

to crowd

175 1.6

to gather

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology