crowd

1. noun

1)

a crowd of people

Syn:

throng, horde, mass, multitude, host, army, battalion, herd, flock, drove, swarm, sea, troupe, pack, press, crush, mob, rabble; collection, company, gathering, assembly, audience, assemblage, congregation; informal gaggle, bunch, gang, posse

2)

she wanted to stand out from the crowd

Syn:

majority, multitude, common people, populace, general public, masses, rank and file, hoi polloi; informal Joe Public, John Q. Public

3)

he's been hanging round with a bad crowd

Syn:

set, group, circle, clique, coterie; camp; informal gang, crew, lot

4)

the spectacle attracted a capacity crowd

Syn:

audience, spectators, listeners, viewers; house, turnout, attendance, gate; congregation

2. verb

1)

reporters crowded around her

Syn:

cluster, flock, swarm, mill, throng, huddle, gather, assemble, congregate, converge

2)

the guests all crowded into the dining room

Syn:

surge, push one's way, jostle, elbow one's way; squeeze, pile, cram

3)

stop crowding me

Syn:

pressure; harass, hound, pester, harry, badger, nag; informal hassle, lean on