Word Study
crowd
CIDE DICTIONARY
crowd, v. t. [OE. crouden, cruden, AS. cr; cf. D. kruijen to push in a wheelbarrow.].
- To push, to press, to shove. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- To press or drive together; to mass together. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity. [1913 Webster]"The balconies and verandas were crowded with spectators, anxious to behold their future sovereign." [1913 Webster]
- To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably. [1913 Webster]
crowd, v. i.
- To press together or collect in numbers; to swarm; to throng. [1913 Webster]"The whole company crowded about the fire." [1913 Webster]"Images came crowding on his mind faster than he could put them into words." [1913 Webster]
- To urge or press forward; to force one's self; as, a man crowds into a room. [1913 Webster]
- A number of things collected or closely pressed together; also, a number of things adjacent to each other. [1913 Webster]"A crowd of islands." [1913 Webster]
- A number of persons congregated or collected into a close body without order; a throng. [1913 Webster]"The crowd of Vanity Fair." [1913 Webster]"Crowds that stream from yawning doors." [1913 Webster]
- The lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar; the rabble; the mob. [1913 Webster]"To fool the crowd with glorious lies." [1913 Webster]"He went not with the crowd to see a shrine."
Syn. -- Throng; multitude. See Throng.
crowd, n. [W. crwth; akin to Gael. cruit. Perh. named from its shape, and akin to Gr. kyrto`s curved, and E. curve. Cf. Rote.].
An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow. [1913 Webster]
"A lackey that . . . can warble upon a crowd a little." [1913 Webster]
crowd, v. t.
To play on a crowd; to fiddle. Massinger. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
crowd, n. & v.
--n.
1 a large number of people gathered together, usu. without orderly arrangement.
2 a mass of spectators; an audience.
3 colloq. a particular company or set of people (met the crowd from the sales department).
4 (prec. by the) the mass or multitude of people (go along with the crowd).
5 a large number (of things).
6 actors representing a crowd.
--v.
1 a intr. come together in a crowd. b tr. cause to do this. c intr. force one's way.
2 tr. a (foll. by into) force or compress into a confined space. b (often foll. by with; usu. in passive) fill or make abundant with (was crowded with tourists).
3 tr. a (of a number of people) come aggressively close to. b colloq. harass or pressure (a person).
--n.
1 a large number of people gathered together, usu. without orderly arrangement.
2 a mass of spectators; an audience.
3 colloq. a particular company or set of people (met the crowd from the sales department).
4 (prec. by the) the mass or multitude of people (go along with the crowd).
5 a large number (of things).
6 actors representing a crowd.
--v.
1 a intr. come together in a crowd. b tr. cause to do this. c intr. force one's way.
2 tr. a (foll. by into) force or compress into a confined space. b (often foll. by with; usu. in passive) fill or make abundant with (was crowded with tourists).
3 tr. a (of a number of people) come aggressively close to. b colloq. harass or pressure (a person).
Idiom
crowd out exclude by crowding.
Derivative
crowdedness n.
Etymology
OE crudan press, drive
THESAURUS
crowd
A string, Amati, Cremona, D string, E string, G string, Strad, Stradivari, Stradivarius, abound with, accelerate, age group, aggregation, army, assault, assemblage, assemble, assembly, band, bar, barricade, bass, bass viol, battalion, be alive with, bear, bear upon, bevy, block, block up, blockade, body, bolt, boost, bow, bridge, brigade, brim, bristle with, buck, bull, bull fiddle, bulldoze, bump, bump against, bunch, bunch up, bundle, bunt, burst with, bustle, butt, butt against, cabal, cadre, camarilla, cast, cell, cello, charge, charmed circle, chase, chock, choke, choke off, circle, clan, clique, close, close off, close tight, close up, closed circle, clot, cloud, cluster, clutter, cohort, cohue, collect, collection, come together, compact, company, complement, compress, concentrate, condense, congeries, congest, congregate, congregation, consolidate, constrict, contingent, contrabass, converge, copulate, corps, corral, coterie, couple, covey, cram, crawl with, creep with, crew, crush, dash, dash off, dash on, date, debar, deluge, densen, densify, detachment, detail, dig, dispatch, division, dog, double bass, double-time, drench, drive, drive on, drove, elbow, elite, elite group, expedite, faction, festinate, fiddle, fiddlebow, fiddlestick, fill, fill to overflowing, fill up, fingerboard, fleet, flock, flock together, flood, flow together, force, forgather, forge ahead, forward, freight, fuse, gaggle, galaxy, gang, gang around, gang up, gather, gather around, get going, get moving, get together, glut, gluttonize, go slow, goad, gorge, group, grouping, groupment, haste, hasten, hasten on, heap, herd, herd together, hie on, hive, horde, host, huddle, hurry, hurry along, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hurtle, hustle, hustle up, ignobile vulgus, in-group, inch forward, ingroup, inner circle, jab, jam, jam-pack, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, junta, junto, kit, kit fiddle, kit violin, lade, league, leap, legion, link, load, lock, lose no time, lot, make haste, many-headed multitude, mass, meet, merge, mill, mob, mobile vulgus, move quickly, movement, muddle through, multiply, multitude, muster, nudge, obstruct, occlude, out-group, outfit, overburden, overcharge, overfeed, overfill, overflow with, overlade, overload, overstuff, overweight, pack, pad, panoply, parley, party, peer group, phalanx, pile, pile drive, platoon, plunge, poke, posse, post, pour, precipitate, press, press forward, press on, prod, pullulate with, punch, push, push forward, push on, push through, quicken, rabble, race, railroad through, rally, rally around, ram, ram down, ram in, regiment, rendezvous, ring, rout, ruck, run, run against, rush, rush along, rush through, salon, satiate, saturate, scamper, scores, scramble, scroll, scurry, scuttle, seethe, set, shake, shoulder, shove, shut off, shut out, shut tight, soak, solidify, soundboard, spate, speed, speed along, speed up, spur, spurt, squab, squad, squash, squeeze, squeeze shut, squish, stable, stampede, stifle, stop up, strangle, strangulate, stream, stress, string, stuff, suffocate, supercharge, supersaturate, surcharge, surfeit, surge, swarm, swarm with, tamp, team, tear, teem with, tenor violin, the common herd, the crowd, the great unnumbered, the great unwashed, the herd, the hoi polloi, the horde, the majority, the many, the masses, the mob, the multitude, throng, throng with, thrust, top off, tribe, troop, troupe, tuning peg, unite, urge, viola, violin, violinette, violoncello, violoncello piccolo, violone, violotta, wad, we-group, weight, whip, whip along, wingROGET THESAURUS
crowd
Redundancy
N redundancy, redundance, too much, too many, superabundance, superfluity, superfluence, saturation, nimiety, transcendency, exuberance, profuseness, profusion, repletion, enough in all conscience, satis superque, lion's share, more than enough, plethora, engorgement, congestion, load, surfeit, sickener, turgescence, overdose, overmeasure, oversupply, overflow, inundation, avalanche, accumulation, heap, drug, drug in the market, glut, crowd, burden, excess, surplus, overplus, epact, margin, remainder, duplicate, surplusage, expletive, work of supererogation, bonus, bonanza, luxury, intemperance, extravagance, exorbitance, lavishment, pleonasm, too many irons in the fire, embarras de richesses, redundant, too much, too many, exuberant, inordinate, superabundant, excessive, overmuch, replete, profuse, lavish, prodigal, exorbitant, overweening, extravagant, overcharged, supersaturated, drenched, overflowing, running over, running to waste, running down, crammed to overflowing, filled to overflowing, gorged, ready to burst, dropsical, turgid, plethoric, obese, superfluous, unnecessary, needless, supervacaneous, uncalled for, to spare, in excess, over and above, de trop, adscititious, supernumerary, on one's hands, spare, duplicate, supererogatory, expletive, un peu fort, over, too, over and above, overmuch, too much, too far, without measure, beyond measure, out of measure, with a to spare, over head and ears, up to one's eyes, up to one's ears, extra, beyond the mark, acervatim, it never rains but it pours, fortuna multis dat nimium nulli satis, Degree of Subservience.Assemblage
N assemblage, collection, collocation, colligation, compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement, team, concourse, conflux, congregation, contesseration, convergence, meeting, levee, reunion, drawing room, at home, conversazione, assembly, congress, convention, conventicle, gemote, conclave, posse, posse comitatus, Noah's ark, miscellany, collectanea, museum, menagerie, museology, crowd, throng, group, flood, rush, deluge, rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe, crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party, swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove, atajo, bunch, drive, force, mulada, remuda, roundup, array, bevy, galaxy, corps, company, troop, troupe, task force, army, regiment, host, populousness, clan, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association, volley, shower, storm, cloud, group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil, set, batch, lot, pack, budget, assortment, bunch, parcel, packet, package, bundle, fascine, fasces, bale, seron, seroon, fagot, wisp, truss, tuft, shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, haycock, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook, accumulation, congeries, heap, lump, pile, rouleau, tissue, mass, pyramid, bing, drift, snowball, snowdrift, acervation, cumulation, glomeration, agglomeration, conglobation, conglomeration, conglomerate, coacervate, coacervation, coagmentation, aggregation, concentration, congestion, omnium gaterum, spicilegium, black hole of Calcutta, quantity, collector, gatherer, whip, whipper in, assembled, closely packed, dense, serried, crowded to suffocation, teeming, swarming, populous, as thick as hops, all of a heap, fasciculated cumulative, the plot thickens, acervatim, tibi seris tibi metis.VB assemble, collect, muster, meet, unite, join, rejoin, cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate, congregate, conglomerate, concentrate, precipitate, center round, rendezvous, resort, come together, flock get together, pig together, forgather, huddle, reassemble, assemble, muster, bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together, collect, collocate, colligate, get, whip in, gather, hold a meeting, convene, convoke, convocate, rake up, dredge, heap, mass, pile, pack, put up, truss, cram, acervate, agglomerate, aggregate, compile, group, aggroup, concentrate, unite, collect into a focus, bring into a focus, amass, accumulate, collect in a dragnet, heap Ossa upon Pelion.
Party
N party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band, horde, posse, phalanx, family, clan, team, tong, council, community, body, fellowship, sodality, solidarity, confraternity, familistere, familistery, brotherhood, sisterhood, knot, gang, clique, ring, circle, group, crowd, in-crowd, coterie, club, casino, machine, Tammany, Tammany Hall, corporation, corporate body, guild, establishment, company, copartnership, partnership, firm, house, joint concern, joint-stock company, cahoot, combine, trust, society, association, institute, institution, union, trades union, league, syndicate, alliance, Verein, Bund, Zollverein, combination, Turnverein, league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive, coalition, federation, confederation, confederacy, junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue, freemasonry, party spirit, Confederates, Conservatives, Democrats, Federalists, Federals, Freemason, Knight Templar, Kuklux, Kuklux Klan, KKK, Liberals, Luddites, Republicans, Socialists, Tories, Whigs staff, dramatis personae, in league, in partnership, in alliance, bonded together, banded together, linked, joined together, embattled, confederated, federative, joint, hand in hand, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, en masse, in the same boat.Multitude
N multitude, numerous, numerosity, numerality, multiplicity, profusion, legion, host, great number, large number, round number, enormous number, a quantity, numbers, array, sight, army, sea, galaxy, scores, peck, bushel, shoal, swarm, draught, bevy, cloud, flock, herd, drove, flight, covey, hive, brood, litter, farrow, fry, nest, crowd, lots, all in the world and his wife, greater number, majority, multiplication, multiple, many, several, sundry, divers, various, not a few, Briarean, a hundred, a thousand, a myriad, a million, a quadrillion, a nonillion, a thousand and one, some ten or a dozen, some forty or fifty, half a dozen, half a hundred, very many, full many, ever so many, numerous, numerose, profuse, in profusion, manifold, multiplied, multitudinous, multiple, multinominal, teeming, populous, peopled, crowded, thick, studded, galore, thick coming, many more, more than one can tell, a world of, no end of, no end to, cum multis aliis, thick as hops, thick as hail, plenty as blackberries, numerous as the stars in the firmament, numerous as the sands on the seashore, numerous as the hairs on the head, and what not, and heaven knows what, endless, their name is 'legion', acervatim, en foule, many- headed multitude, numerous as glittering gems of morning dew, vel prece vel pretio.VB be numerous, swarm with, teem with, creep with, crowd, swarm, come thick upon, outnumber, multiply, people, swarm like locusts, swarm like bees.
Nearness
VB be near, adjoin, hang about, trench on, border upon, verge upon, stand by, approximate, tread on the heels of, cling to, clasp, hug, huddle, hang upon the skirts of, hover over, burn, touch, bring near, draw near, converge, crowd, place side by side.For further exploring for "crowd" in Webster Dictionary Online
