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crowd
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- pronunciation:
- kraUd
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Builder, Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a large number of people massed together.
It was hard to find her amidst the crowd at the station.- synonyms:
- concourse, crush, flock, horde, mass, multitude, throng
- similar words:
- army, assembly, bevy, confluence, drove, herd, host, legion, mob, pack, population, swarm
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| definition 2: |
a particular social group of an undetermined size, bound together by common interests or activities.
She hangs out with the college crowd these days.I don't associate with his crowd anymore.- synonyms:
- association, circle, coterie, society
- similar words:
- band, bunch, clique, club, company, crew, faction, force, gang, gathering, group, party, set, troop
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| definition 3: |
the general population; masses.
It's not always best to follow the crowd.- synonyms:
- herd, masses, mob, multitude, people
- similar words:
- commonality, commoners, everyman, hoi polloi, man in the street, populace, public, rabble
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| related words: |
army, body, clan, congregation, fleet, flock, gallery, horde, many, number, press, throng |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
crowds, crowding, crowded |
| definition 1: |
to gather together in a crowd.
People crowded in front of the theater to get tickets.- synonyms:
- assemble, congregate, gather, herd, mass, throng
- similar words:
- cluster, concentrate, converge, pack
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| definition 2: |
to move oneself forward by pressing in on or pushing others.
- synonyms:
- crush, elbow, jostle, press, push, shove
- similar words:
- cram, jam, throng
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| related words: |
agglomerate, aggregate, assemble, collect, congregate, flock, gather, horde, huddle, jostle, plod, swarm, wedge |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to press, push, or pack tightly together.
They crowded too many people in here.- synonyms:
- jam, press, push, shove
- similar words:
- concentrate, cram, herd, jostle, pack, squeeze
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| definition 2: |
to fill to capacity.
Demonstrators crowded the street.- synonyms:
- cram, fill, jam, pack
- similar words:
- congest, mob, stuff, throng
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| definition 3: |
to exert pressure on.
I don't wanted to be crowded on this matter because it has to be my own decision.- synonyms:
- press, pressure, push, sway
- similar words:
- coerce, compel, force, impel, persuade, urge
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| definition 4: |
to come very near to or gather around (someone) in a way that causes a feeling of unwanted closeness.
Stop crowding me! I can't do my work. |
| related words: |
clog, cluster, compress, fill, gather, huddle, impact, line, swarm, wedge |
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