Antonyms for crowd
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : kroud |
| Phonetic Transcription : kraÊŠd |
Definition of crowd
Origin :- Old English crudan "to press, crush." Cognate with Middle Dutch cruden "to press, push," Middle High German kroten "to press, oppress," Norwegian kryda "to crowd." Related: Crowded; crowding.
- noun large assembly
- noun special group of friends
- verb cram, press into area
- The crowd surged about the ticker, and their voices came as from afar.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- This was responded to by a roar of satisfaction from the crowd below.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- At Gawler we were received by a crowd of people, and flags were flying to do us honour.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- The address to the crowd at the Capitol was broadcast on a loudspeaker.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- It had been vaguely present in his mind when he faced the crowd at Martindale, he remembered now.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Was it not fear that had made his nerves so rocklike as he faced that crowd and made his get-away?
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- There was no one like Larry for facing a crowd and cowing it.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Instead he took his lady away, and they were lost in the crowd.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- The crowd had thickened in front, so that the lame man and the girl had come to a stand.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- You can be lonely in a crowd, and I guess—is there any one around here you like better than me?
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Synonyms for crowd
- army
- array
- bear
- blowout
- bunch
- bundle
- cattle
- chock
- circle
- clique
- cloud
- cluster
- company
- concourse
- confluence
- conflux
- congeries
- congest
- congregate
- congregation
- coterie
- crew
- crush
- deluge
- drove
- elbow
- faction
- flock
- flood
- gaggle
- gather
- great unwashed
- group
- herd
- horde
- host
- huddle
- in-crowd
- jam
- jam-pack
- justle
- legion
- lot
- mass
- masses
- meet
- mob
- multitude
- muster
- organization
- overcrowd
- pack
- pack 'em in
- pack like sardines
- party
- people
- pile
- posse
- press
- push
- rabble
- ram
- rank and file
- sardine
- scores
- sellout
- set
- shove
- squash
- squeeze
- squish
- stream
- surge
- swamp
- swarm
- throng
- top off
- troop
- troupe
- tumult
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