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| Main Entry: | drove |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large gathering |
| Synonyms: | collection, company, crowd, crush, drive, flock, herd, horde, mob, multitude, pack, press, rout, run, swarm, throng |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move or urge on |
| Synonyms: | actuate, animate, arouse, bulldoze*, chase, coerce, compel, constrain, dog*, egg on*, encourage, force, goad, harass, hasten, herd, hound*, hurl, hurry, hustle, impel, induce, inspire, instigate, kick, make, motivate, nag, oblige, overburden, overwork, pound, press, pressure, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, railroad*, ride herd on*, rouse, rush, send, shepherd, shove, spur, stimulate, worry, act upon, goose*, lean on, put up to, spirit up, steamroll, work on |
| Antonyms: | check, curb, discourage, dissuade, halt, repress, retard, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | moving, controlling a vehicle |
| Synonyms: | actuate, advance, bear down, bicycle, bike, burn rubber*, coast, cruise, cycle, dash, direct, drag, floor it*, fly, guide, handle, impel, manage, mobilize, motor, operate, propel, push, ride, roll, run, send, speed, spin, start, steer, tool*, transport, travel, turn, wheel, burn up the road, fire up, lean on it, make sparks fly, pour it on, step on it, step on the gas, tailgate, vehiculate |
| Antonyms: | halt, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit with heavy blow |
| Synonyms: | batter, beat, butt, dash, dig, hammer, knock, maul, plunge, pop, punch, ram, run, shoot, sink, smite, sock, stab, stick, strike, throw, thrust, thump, whack*, wham*, jackhammer, twack |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | congregation |
| Synonyms: | army, assembly, bevy, brood, cloud, collection, colony, company, convoy, crowd, crush, drift, drove, flight, gathering, group, herd, host, legion, litter, mass, multitude, pack, progeny, rout, throng, gaggle, scores, skein |
| Main Entry: | gathering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assemblage, accumulation |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, affair, aggregate, aggregation, association, band, body, bunch, caucus, collection, company, concentration, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, crush, drove, flock, function, gain, get-together, group, heap, herd, horde, huddle, junction, knot, levy, mass, meet, meeting, muster, parley, party, pile, powwow*, rally, roundup, society, stock, stockpile, swarm, throng, turnout, union, clambake, social function |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | herd |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large group |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, bevy, brood, clan, collection, covey, crowd, crush, drift, drove, flight, flock, gathering, hoi polloi*, horde, lot, mass, mob, multitude, nest, pack, people, populace, press, rabble, school, swarm, throng, gaggle |
| Notes: | heard means detected or perceived by the sense of hearing while a herd is a group of wild animals of one species that remain together |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | horde |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncontrolled throng, pack |
| Synonyms: | band, crew, crowd, crush, drove, gang, gathering, host, jam, mob, multitude, press, push, squash, swarm, troop, turnout, everybody, wall-to-wall |
| Main Entry: | legion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mass, force of people |
| Synonyms: | army, body, brigade, cloud, company, division, drove, flock, group, horde, host, multitude, myriad, number, rout, throng, troop, phalanx, scores |
| Main Entry: | mob |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large group of people |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, body, cabal, camp, canaille, cattle, circle, clan, class, clique, collection, company, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, drove, flock, gang, gathering, herd, horde, host, jam, lot, mass, masses, multitude, pack, populace, posse, press, proletariat, rabble, riffraff*, ring, riot, scum, set, swarm, throng, troop, commonality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | multitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large group |
| Synonyms: | aggregation, army, assemblage, assembly, collection, concourse, congregation, crowd, crush, drove, heap, herd, horde, host, infinity, jam*, legion, lot, lots*, majority, mass, mob, much, myriad, number, ocean*, oodles*, people, plurality, populace, proletariat, public, push*, quantity, sea, swarm, throng, turnout, commonalty, great number, infinitude, loads, numbers, plenitude, scores, slew |
| Antonyms: | handful, portion, single, zero |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rabble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mob |
| Synonyms: | crowd, drove, flock, gang, gathering, herd, hoi polloi, horde, lower class, mass, masses, multitude, pack, proletariat, rank and file, riffraff, ring, riot, scum, throng, commonality, commoners |
| Main Entry: | swarm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large, moving group |
| Synonyms: | army, bevy, blowout, concourse, covey, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, jam, mass, mob, multitude, myriad, pack, press, push, school, shoal, throng, troop, turnout |
| Main Entry: | throng |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large crowd |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, assembly, bunch, collection, concourse, congregation, crush, drove, flock, gathering, horde, host, jam, mass, mob, multitude, pack, press, push, swarm, everybody, sellout |
| Main Entry: | troop/troops |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group, often military |
| Synonyms: | armed forces, army, assemblage, assembly, band, body, bunch, collection, company, contingent, corps, crew, crowd, delegation, drove, flock, gang, gathering, herd, horde, host, legion, military, multitude, number, outfit, pack, party, personnel, squad, swarm, team, throng, troupe, unit, combatants, fighting forces, forces, service personnel, soldiers, soldiery, troopers |
| Main Entry: | troop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military |
| Synonyms: | armed forces, army, assemblage, assembly, band, body, bunch, collection, company, contingent, corps, crew, crowd, delegation, drove, flock, gang, gathering, herd, horde, host, legion, military, multitude, number, outfit, pack, party, squad, swarm, team, throng, troupe, unit, combatants, fighting men, forces, men, servicemen, soldiers, soldiery, troopers, troops |
| 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: | crush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crowd of animate beings |
| Synonyms: | drove, gathering, horde, huddle, jam, multitude, party, press, push, throng, tumult |
| Main Entry: | host |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large group |
| Synonyms: | army, array, cloud, crowd, crush, drove, flock, gathering, horde, legion, multitude, myriad, rout, score, swarm, throng |
| Main Entry: | pack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group, bunch |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, band, barrel, bundle, circle, collection, company, crew, crowd, deck, drove, flock, gang, heap, herd, horde, lot, lump, mess, mob, much, number, peck, pile, press, set, swarm, throng, troop, great deal, multiplicity |
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