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Another word for throng

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Noun

  1. An enormous number of persons gathered together

    See also:

    group

    big

  2. A very large number of things grouped together

    See also:

    group

    big

Verb

  1. To congregate, as around a person

    See also:

    tighten

    collect

  2. To come or go in large numbers

    See also:

    move

    big

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for throng

Noun
  1. See also:

    crowd

    gathering

    crowd

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • A throng of officers surrounded him.

  • There was not an ugly person in all the throng.

  • She slowed, unwilling to join the throng of bloodsuckers.

  • The throng stood still and waited.

  • The Wizard raised one of his revolvers and fired into the throng of his enemies, and the shot resounded like a clap of thunder in that silent place.

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