Synonyms for horde

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hawrd, hohrd

Phonetic Transcription : hɔrd, hoʊrd

Top 10 synonyms for horde

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Définition of horde

Origin : 1550s, from W. Turkic (cf. Tatar urda "horde," Turkish ordu "camp, army"), to English via Polish, French, or Spanish. The initial -h- seems to have been acquired in Polish. Transferred sense of "uncivilized gang" is from 1610s. Related: Hordes.

noun uncontrolled throng, pack

Example sentences :

Of course there's a horde of applicants, but you're exceptional; you know that.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

If there are houses there, and stores for the sun-time, who will shut them to this horde of desperadoes?
Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton

Smothered and lost were the warriors in the horde that poured increasingly on.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various

The horde of Saxons took flight into the hall, and there they stood and got breath.
Extract from : « King Arthur's Knights » by Henry Gilbert

Wasn't it from the Szekler Stone that our fathers repulsed the whole Mongolian horde?
Extract from : « Manasseh » by Maurus Jokai

Yes, I suppose they have their uses—there are a horde of them, anyway.
Extract from : « Man and Maid » by Elinor Glyn

Remember, you aren't used to such a horde, and we may overrun you entirely.
Extract from : « Teddy: Her Book » by Anna Chapin Ray

Besides these a horde of imitators fattened for a time upon exposure.
Extract from : « The New Nation » by Frederic L. Paxson

It is in fact the invasion of Parnassus by a horde of most unmitigated proletarians.
Extract from : « Suspended Judgments » by John Cowper Powys

"It is always so when the horde of traders come in," she said.
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Quebec » by Amanda Millie Douglas

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