Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crowd

2 senses of crowd

Sense 1
crowd -- (a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers")
       => gathering, assemblage -- (a group of persons together in one place)

Sense 2
crowd, crew, gang, bunch -- (an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd")
       => gathering, assemblage -- (a group of persons together in one place)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb crowd

4 senses of crowd

Sense 1
herd, crowd -- (cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom")
       => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")

Sense 2
crowd -- (fill or occupy to the point of overflowing; "The students crowded the auditorium")
       => occupy, fill -- (occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container")

Sense 3
crowd, crowd together -- (to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah")
       => meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather -- (collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room")

Sense 4
push, crowd -- (approach a certain age or speed; "She is pushing fifty")
       => approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near -- (move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer")

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