| 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: | swarm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move forward as a group |
Synonyms: |
abound, be alive, be numerous, cluster, congregate, crawl, crowd, flock, flow, gather, gather like bees, jam, mass, mob, move in a crowd, overrun, pullulate, rush together, stream, teem, throng |
Antonyms: |
retreat |
| 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: | army |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group resembling military force |
Synonyms: |
array, cloud, company, crowd, division, flock, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, outfit, pack, regiment, scores, swarm, throng, unit |
| Main Entry: | bunch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection of something |
Synonyms: |
agglomeration, assemblage, assortment, band, batch, bevy, blob, bouquet, bundle, caboodle, 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, passel, pile, quantity, sheaf, shebang, shock, shooting match, spray, stack, swarm, team, thicket, troop, tuft |
Antonyms: |
individual, one |
| Main Entry: | cloud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crowd |
Synonyms: |
army, dense mass, flock, horde, host, legion, multitude, rout, scores, shower, swarm, throng |
| Main Entry: | colony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community |
Synonyms: |
antecedents, clearing, dependency, dominion, mandate, new land, offshoot, outpost, possession, protectorate, province, satellite, settlement, subject state, swarm, territory |
| Main Entry: | concentrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather, collect |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, assemble, bunch, center, centralize, cluster, coalesce, collect, combine, compact, compress, congest, conglomerate, congregate, consolidate, constrict, contract, converge, cramp, crowd, draw together, eliminate, embody, focalize, focus, forgather, garner, get to the meat, heap, heap up, hoard, huddle, integrate, intensify, localize, mass, muster, narrow, pile, reduce, salt away, store, strengthen, swarm, unify, zero in |
Antonyms: |
disperse, scatter |
| Main Entry: | congregate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assemble, come together |
Synonyms: |
besiege, bunch up, collect, concentrate, congress, convene, converge, convoke, corral, flock*, forgather, gang around, gang up, gather, hang out*, make the scene, mass, meet, meet up, muster, pack, raise, rally, rendezvous, round up, swarm, teem, throng |
Antonyms: |
divide, scatter, separate |
| 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, hands, herd, horde, lot, mob, organization, pack, party, posse, retinue, sailors, sect, set, squad, swarm, team, troop, troupe, workers, working party |