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- [kroud]
- /kraʊd/
- /kraʊd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kroud]
- /kraʊd/
Definitions of crowd word
- countable noun crowd A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something. 3
- countable noun crowd A particular crowd is a group of friends, or a set of people who share the same interests or job. 3
- verb crowd When people crowd around someone or something, they gather closely together around them. 3
- verb crowd If people crowd into a place or are crowded into a place, large numbers of them enter it so that it becomes very full. 3
- verb crowd If a group of people crowd a place, there are so many of them there that it is full. 3
- verb crowd If people crowd you, they stand very closely around you trying to see or speak to you, so that you feel uncomfortable. 3
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Origin of crowd
First appearance:
before 950 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 950; Middle English crowden, Old English crūden to press, hurry; cognate with Middle Dutch crūden to push (Dutch kruien)
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Parts of speech for Crowd
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
crowd popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
crowd usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for crowd
noun crowd
- throng — a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
- horde — a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd: a horde of tourists.
- group — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- sellout — an act or instance of selling out.
- people — persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
verb crowd
- swamp — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
- congest — to crowd or become crowded to excess; overfill
- gather — to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- huddle — to gather or crowd together in a close mass.
- congregate — When people congregate, they gather together and form a group.
adjective crowd
- overspread — to spread or diffuse over: A blush of embarrassment overspread his face.
- worrier — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- infest — to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline.
- filler — an aluminum coin of Hungary, the 100th part of a forint.
- packer — a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
Antonyms for crowd
noun crowd
- individual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- single — only one in number; one only; unique; sole: a single example.
- one — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
- peace — the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
verb crowd
- disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- distribute — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
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