crowd, throng, horde, crush, mob mean an assembled multitude. crowd implies a close gathering and pressing together.

Definition of crowd noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

noun [ C ] us / krɑʊd / Add to word list a large group of people who have gathered together:

If a group of people crowd a place, there are so many of them there that it is full. Thousands of demonstrators crowded the streets shouting slogans. [VERB noun]

Crowd has several other senses as a noun and a verb.The word crowd can be used to describe any large group of people. Often, crowd is used to specifically mean that the people are standing close together. If a location has a large number of people in a small area, it is said to be crowded.

crowd 1 (kraʊd) n. 1. a large number of persons gathered together; throng. 2. any group of persons having something in common: the theater crowd. 3. a group of spectators; audience: …

A crowd of people might gather for a party, concert, or demonstration, with the word crowd implying that there's something a little disorderly — noisy or unruly — about the group. Crowd …

The word 'crowd' is a collective noun that refers to a large number of people gathered together in a public place. As a common noun, 'crowd' can refer to any large group of people without …

The earliest known use of the noun crowd is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for crowd is from 1567, in a translation by Thomas Drant, poet and Church of England clergyman.

Here's the word you're looking for. A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order. Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent …