horde
noun
Synonyms
- army
- bike [chiefly Scottish]
- cram
- crowd
- crush
- drove
- flock
- herd
- host
- legion
- mass
- mob
- multitude
- press
- rout
- scrum
- swarm
- throng
Example Sentences
Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2022 The Freedom Riders narrowly escaped the burning bus, only to find themselves under assault by the waiting horde. Lucia Cheng, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022 Cameras mounted high on the Capitol Rotunda captured the horde breaking through police lines and rampaging to the Capitol. Mike Debonis, Washington Post, 10 June 2022 While some of those VFX shots are obvious — the ground splitting open into lava, a horde of demonic bats attacking the heroes — others are designed to be hidden from the audience. Wilson Chapman, Variety, 26 July 2022 Steve Carell’s lovable supervillain Gru and his horde of yellow minions have been box-office stars since their debut. Jordan Moreau, Variety, 1 July 2022 Other celebrities and Hollywood stars followed, along with a horde of paparazzi. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2022 Even hopping on the free shuttles that stop for fresh views along the South Rim every mile or so is enough to leave most of the horde behind. Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 4 Dec. 2018 The guy refuses, despite William's threats, and returns home to find a horde of buzzing flies in his walk-in closet. Ashley Boucher, EW.com, 27 June 2022 See More Word History
Middle French, German, & Polish; Middle French & German, from Polish horda, from Ukrainian dialect gorda, alteration of Ukrainian orda, from Old Russian, from Turkic orda, ordu khan's residence
1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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Synonyms & Similar Words
- swarm
- throng
- flock
- crowd
- legion
- mob
- army
- multitude
- herd
- masses
- rout
- crush
- mass
- host
- bike
- press
- cram
- millions
- drove
- rabble
- scrum
- gaggle
- pile
- mountain
- heap
- riffraff
- rabblement
- jam
- logjam
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of horde are crowd, crush, mob, and throng. While all these words mean "an assembled multitude," throng and horde suggest movement and pushing.
The synonyms crowd and horde are sometimes interchangeable, but crowd implies a close gathering and pressing together.
The words crush and horde can be used in similar contexts, but crush emphasizes the compactness of the group, the difficulty of individual movement, and the attendant discomfort.
The meanings of mob and horde largely overlap; however, mob implies a disorderly crowd with the potential for violence.