Home / Dictionary / crowd

crowd

/kɹaʊd/
noun
  1. A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.

    "After the movie let out, a crowd of people pushed through the exit doors."

  2. Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.

    "There was a crowd of toys pushed beneath the couch where the children were playing."

  3. (with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace, vulgar.

Synonymsaudience, group, multitude, public, swarm, throng
verb
  1. To press forward; to advance by pushing.

    "The man crowded into the packed room."

  2. To press together or collect in numbers

    "They crowded through the archway and into the park."

    Similar: crowd in, swarm, throng

  3. To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.

    "He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen."

Synonymscrowd in, swarm, throng

Practice "crowd" in context

WordNote uses spaced repetition across multiple quiz levels, from recognizing the meaning to recalling it in active practice.

Save to WordNote — it's free →

No credit card. No install required.

crowd — meaning, definition & examples | WordNote | WordNote