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- pronunciation:
- thrang
[or]
thrawng
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a large crowd of people.
- synonyms:
- assemblage, crowd, host, mob, multitude
- similar words:
- bevy, confluence, drove, flock, herd, horde, pack, swarm
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| definition 2: |
a great number of anything.
- synonyms:
- drove, flock, herd, horde, host, pack
- similar words:
- army, assemblage, crowd, fleet, legion, mass, mob, multiplicity, multitude, swarm
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| related words: |
army, assembly, cloud, cluster, crush, jam, lot, many, press |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
throngs, thronging, thronged |
| definition: |
to gather or proceed in a crowd.
- synonyms:
- crowd, swarm
- similar words:
- cluster, flock, gather, herd, horde, mass
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| related words: |
agglomerate, collect, congregate, crowd, pile, swarm |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to crowd into (a space).
Frightened people thronged the subway station hoping to find shelter.- synonyms:
- crowd, jam, mob, pack, swarm
- similar words:
- fill
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| definition 2: |
to crowd around; press in upon.
The crowd thronged the actor as he emerged from the building.- synonyms:
- mob
- similar words:
- crowd, jostle, press, swarm
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| related words: |
agglomerate, impact, rabble |
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