crowdnoun [ + sing/pl verb ]
uk/kraʊd/us/kraʊd/A2 [ C ] a large group of people who have come together:
A crowd of about 15,000 attended the concert.
[ S ] informal a group of friends or a group of people with similar interests:
She goes around with a friendly crowd.
"Who was there?" "Oh, the usual crowd."
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- A crowd had gathered to hear her speak.
- In her bright yellow coat, she was easily identifiable in the crowd.
- A big crowd of demonstrators were protesting against cuts in health spending.
- He pushed his way to the front of the crowd to get a better look.
- The crowd was cheering and urging her on all through the race.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Groups of people
- alliance
- an
- assemblage
- band
- bee
- corps
- crop
- gang
- ginger group
- group
- grouping
- harem
- quarter
- stable
- threesome
- throng
- tribe
- triumvirate
- vintage
- wing
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Audiences and spectators
Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries
Idiom(s)
follow the crowd
crowdverb [ T ]
uk/kraʊd/us/kraʊd/informalto make someone feel uncomfortable by standing too close to them or by watching them all the time:
I need some time to do this work properly, so don't crowd me.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Limiting and restricting
- box sb in
- chain
- circumscribe
- clamp down on sth
- clampdown
- curtail
- damage limitation
- debilitate
- delimit
- delimitation
- hamstring
- hedge
- infringe
- muzzle
- non-proliferation
- qualification
- ration
- rationing
- restrain
- stabilizer
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Phrasal verb(s)
crowd (sth) into sth
crowd sb/sth out
crowd around (sb/sth)