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mob
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- pronunciation:
- mab
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, adjective, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a large, disorderly, or riotous crowd of people.
- synonyms:
- rabble, rout
- similar words:
- crowd, crush, drove, herd, horde, host, throng
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| definition 2: |
the common people sometimes considered as having a low level of consciousness, taste, or the like; populace; masses.
- synonyms:
- canaille, commonalty, crowd, herd, hoi polloi, masses, plebs, populace, rabble
- similar words:
- commoners, lower class, multitude, people, proletariat, riffraff, working class
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| definition 3: |
(informal) a group or syndicate of criminals.
- similar words:
- gang, Mafia, racket, syndicate, underworld
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| definition 4: |
a group of animals of a certain type that live and travel together.
The researchers observed the mob of meerkats for several weeks.- synonyms:
- drove, flock, herd
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| related words: |
confluence, flock, legion |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or related to a large, disorderly crowd of people.
mob psychology |
| definition 2: |
of or related to the common people or masses; of a low standard.
mob taste- synonyms:
- common, plebeian, popular, vulgar
- similar words:
- base, low, mass, proletarian
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
mobs, mobbing, mobbed |
| definition 1: |
to crowd about (someone) in a disorderly way, as when moved by extreme enthusiasm or anger.
The people mobbed the president after his speech.- synonyms:
- descend upon, hem in, throng
- similar words:
- encircle, rabble, surround
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| definition 2: |
to fill with a crowd.
Sports fans mobbed the new stadium.- synonyms:
- cram, crowd, jam into, pack, throng
- similar words:
- overrun
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| definition 3: |
to attack with violence, esp. in a crowd or mob.
- synonyms:
- gang up on
- similar words:
- assail, assault, attack, rabble
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