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| Main Entry: | crowd |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cram, press into area |
| Synonyms: | bear, bunch, bundle, chock, cluster, congest, congregate, crush, deluge, elbow, flock, gather, huddle, jam, jam-pack, justle, mass, muster, overcrowd, pack, pack 'em in, pack like sardines, pile, push, ram, sardine, shove, squash, squeeze, squish*, stream, surge, swamp, swarm, throng, top off, troop |
| Antonyms: | abandon, leave, retreat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crowd |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large assembly |
| Synonyms: | army, array, blowout, bunch, cattle, circle, clique, cloud, cluster, company, concourse, confluence, congregation, coterie, crew, crush, deluge, drove, faction, flock, flood, group, herd, horde, host, jam, legion, lot, mass, masses, meet, mob, multitude, muster, organization, pack, party, people, posse, press, rabble, rank and file*, set, stream, surge, swarm, throng, troupe, tumult, conflux, congeries, gaggle, great unwashed, scores, sellout |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crowd |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | special group of friends |
| Synonyms: | bunch, circle, clique, coterie, faction, group, lot, posse, push, set, in-crowd |
| Main Entry: | abound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist in abundance |
| Synonyms: | be alive with, be all over the place, be knee deep in, be no end to, be plentiful, be thick with, be up to one's ears in, crawl with, crowd, flourish, flow, have a full plate, infest, overflow, proliferate, swarm, swell, teem, thrive |
| Antonyms: | deficient, fail, lack, need, short, want |
| Main Entry: | affiliation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | association with an organization |
| Synonyms: | alliance, bunch, cahoots*, clan, coalition, combination, conjunction, connection, crew, crowd, gang, incorporation, league, mob, outfit, partnership, relationship, ring, syndicate, union, amalgamation, banding together, confederation, hookup, joining, merging, tie-in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assemblage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gathering of people |
| Synonyms: | aggregation, assembly, association, collection, company, congregation, convergence, crowd, group, throng |
| Antonyms: | scattering, dispersal |
| Main Entry: | batch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of same objects |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregation, amount, array, assemblage, assortment, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, crowd, group, lot, pack, parcel, quantity, set, shipment, volume |
| Antonyms: | individual |
| Main Entry: | bevy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swarm |
| Synonyms: | assembly, band, bunch, cluster, collection, company, covey, crew, crowd, flight, flock, gathering, group, pack, party, troupe |
| Antonyms: | individual, one |
| Main Entry: | bunch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection of something |
| Synonyms: | agglomeration, assemblage, assortment, band, batch, bevy, blob, bouquet, bundle, chunk, clump, cluster, covey, crew, crowd, fascicle, flock, galaxy, gang, gathering, group, heap, host, hunk, knot, lot, mass, mess, mob, multitude, number, oodles*, pack, parcel, party, pile, quantity, shock, spray, stack, swarm, team, thicket, troop, tuft, caboodle, passel, sheaf, shebang, shooting match |
| Antonyms: | individual, one |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bunch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather in group |
| Synonyms: | assemble, bundle, cluster, collect, congregate, cram, crowd, flock, group, herd, huddle, mass, pack |
| Antonyms: | disperse, divide, scatter, separate, spread |
| Main Entry: | cajole |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to coax; flatter |
| Synonyms: | banter, beguile, blandish, bootlick*, brownnose*, build up, butter up*, con, crowd, deceive, decoy, delude, dupe, entice, entrap, induce, influence, inveigle, jolly, lure, maneuver, massage, mislead, oil*, push, seduce, snow*, soap*, soften, stroke, tantalize, tempt, urge, wheedle, apple polish, argue into, get around, get next to, hand a line, lay it on thick, make up to, play up to, rub the right way, soft-soap, spread it on, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, work on, work over |
| Antonyms: | bully, force, repel |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cartel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group which shares business interest |
| Synonyms: | bunch*, chain, combine, conglomerate, corporation, crew*, crowd*, gang*, mob*, monopoly, multinational*, outfit*, pool, ring*, syndicate, trust, consortium, holding company, megacorp, plunderbund |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family, clique |
| Synonyms: | association, band, bunch, club, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, faction, folks, gang, group, house, mob, moiety, organization, outfit, race, ring, sect, set, society, sodality, stock, tribe, insiders, kinfolks |
| Main Entry: | clique |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of friends |
| Synonyms: | Mafia, bunch, cabal, camp, circle, clan, club, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, faction, gang, lobby, mob, organization, outfit, pack, posse, ring, set, society, camarilla, in-group, insiders |
| Main Entry: | collection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group, accumulation |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, agglomeration, anthology, assemblage, assembly, assortment, batch, clump, cluster, collation, combination, company, compilation, congregation, convocation, crowd, digest, gathering, heap, hoard, kit, levy, lot, mass, medley, mess, miscellany, muster, number, omnibus, pile, quantity, securing, selection, set, stack, stock, stockpile, store, accumulating, acquiring, amassing, amassment, assembling, bringing together, caboodle, congeries, cumulation, mobilization, obtaining |
| Main Entry: | compress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compact, condense |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bind, coagulate, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, decrease, dehydrate, epitomize, narrow, pack, press, ram, reduce, restrict, shorten, shrink, shrivel, squash, squeeze, stuff, summarize, tighten, wedge, wrap, boil down, densen, densify, force into space, make brief, press together, syncopate, telescope |
| Antonyms: | blow up, expand, extend, fill, increase, loosen, stretch, uncompress, uncondense |
| Main Entry: | confluence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming together |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, assembly, concourse, concurrence, convergence, crowd, gathering, host, junction, meeting, mob, multitude, union, concursion, conflux |
| Main Entry: | congregation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assembled group, especially concerned with church-going |
| Synonyms: | aggregation, assemblage, assembly, audience, collection, company, crowd, flock, following, gathering, get-together, group, host, laity, meet, meeting, multitude, muster, parish, public, sit-in, throng, turnout, churchgoers, confab, disciples, parishioners |
| Main Entry: | corporation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business organization, usually large |
| Synonyms: | association, bunch, business, clan, company, crew, crowd, enterprise, gang, jungle*, mob, multinational, outfit, partnership, ring, shell, society, syndicate, zoo, corporate body, hookup, legal entity, megacorp, octopus* |
| Notes: | a corporation is the name used in the United States for a business association established by one or more people who later sell shares in the corporation to investors; in a partnership, there are one or more owners who share jointly in the profits, liability |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crew |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group working together |
| Synonyms: | aggregation, assemblage, band, bevy, bunch, cluster, collection, company, complement, congregation, corps, covey, crowd, faction, gang, herd, horde, lot, mob, organization, pack, party, posse, retinue, sect, set, squad, swarm, team, troop, troupe, hands, sailors, workers, working party |
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