crowd en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɹæʊ̯d/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australia, New Zealand
- [ˈkʰɹʷæʊ̯d] Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈkɹaʊ̯d/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈkʰɹʷaʊ̯d] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- [ˈkʰɹʷaːd] Pittsburgh, General South African
- /ˈkɹaːd/ Pittsburgh, General South African
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *grewt-der. Proto-Germanic *krūdaną Proto-West Germanic *krūdan Old English crūdan Middle English crouden English crowd From Middle English crouden, from Old English crūdan, from Proto-West Germanic *krūdan, from Proto-Germanic *krūdaną, *kreudaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *grewt- (“to push; press”). Cognate with German Low German kroden (“to push, shove”), Dutch kruien (“to push, shove”). (group of people, mob): Compare typologically throng (<<~ Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną); Czech dav (akin to Russian дави́ть (davítʹ), да́вка (dávka)); Polish ciżba, ścisk (<~ ciskać, akin to ти́скать (tískatʹ)); Polish tłok, Russian толчея́ (tolčejá) (akin to толка́ть (tolkátʹ)).
Meanings
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A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
After the movie let out, a crowd of people pushed through the exit doors.
Athelstan Arundel walked home[…], foaming and raging. […] He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.
1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16:He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.[…]But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again[…]she found her mother standing up before the seat on which she had sat all the evening searching anxiously for her with her eyes, and her father by her side.
1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9:
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Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.
There was a crowd of toys pushed beneath the couch where the children were playing.
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(with-definite-article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar.
[…]To fool the crowd with glorious lies,[…]
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto CXXVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 197:He went not, with the Crowd, to ſee a Shrine;
1700, [John] Dryden, “The Character of a Good Parson; Imitated from Chaucer, and Inlarg’d”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 536:
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A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.
Maybe it was time I joined the crowd and bought a few of those for my own office.
2015, Cameron Bane, Pitfall:We're concerned that our daughter has fallen in with a bad crowd.
That obscure author's fans were a nerdy crowd which hardly ever interacted before the Internet age.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| crowds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
crowd disease · crowd-pleaser · crowdfactoring · crowd control · crowd art · crowd psychology · crowd surfing · crowd-source · crowdlike · wrong crowd · crowdpleaser · crowdfund · crowdsource · beat the crowd · work the crowd · crowdless · crowdworker · crowd vetting · crowd-puller · crowd manipulation · crowd pleaser · rent-a-crowd · flash crowd · crowd surf · three's a crowd · crowd surfer · crowd-poisoning · crowdy · crowdwork · in-crowd · crowd wave · play to the crowd · alone in a crowd · crowd-kill · crowd catch · capacity crowd · crowdfunding · crowd sail · tough crowd · wisdom of the crowd · crowdlending · crowd-pleasing · crowd puller · follow the crowd · crowdsourcing · in crowd · crowdest · crowdsale · crowdsensing · flashcrowd · anticrowd
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
scrum · audience · swarm · host · rabble · mob · spectators
Relateds
public · populace · assemble · masses
Synonyms
slew · swarm (group of people) · cluster (group of things) · general public (the "lower orders" of people) · assemblage · public (group of people) · horde (group of people) · congregation · press · rabble (the "lower orders" of people) · audience (group of people) · crowd · mass (group of things) · mob (the "lower orders" of people) · tag-rag (the "lower orders" of people) · everyone (the "lower orders" of people) · hoi polloi (the "lower orders" of people) · multitude (group of people) · legion · throng (group of people) · unwashed (the "lower orders" of people) · group (group of things) · flock · masses (the "lower orders" of people) · huddle · group (group of people) · aggregation (group of things)
Translations (258)
mi nuipuku (group of people) · mt rassa (group of people) · sh свјѐтина (group of people) · da mængde (group of things) · ka ბრბო (group of people) · it torma (group of people) · he הִתְקַהֲלוּת (group of people) · nb haug (group of things) · es germanía (group of people) · pdt Menj (group of people) · ar كَوْم (group of things) · it moltitudine (group of people) · es trulla (group of people) · pt ralé (the “lower orders” of people) · ar زَحْمَة (group of people) · sv folkmassa (the “lower orders” of people) · de Volk (group of people) · pl tłum (group of people) · tr izdiham (group of people) · ko 무더기 (group of things) · ta சாமானியர் (the “lower orders” of people) · hu tömeg (group of people) · gl catropea (group of people) · uk ку́ча (group of things) · sv massa (group of things) · sv folkmängd (group of people) · it stuolo (group of people) · ne भीडभाड (group of people) · jam kroud (group of people) · it mucchio (group of things) · el πλήθος (group of people) · ro gloată (group of people) · eo amaso (group of people) · de Gedränge (group of people) · be ку́ча (group of things) · da folkemængde (group of people) · es burujón (group of people) · ota قالابالق (group of people) · el πολυκοσμία (group of people) · sh svjètina (the “lower orders” of people) · nl volk (the “lower orders” of people) · fi väkijoukko (group of people) · mfe lafoul (group of people) · scn pila (group of things) · bg тълпа́ (the “lower orders” of people) · la turba (group of people) · hi भीड़ (group of people) · ur بھیڑ (group of people) · gl foula (group of people) · lad munchidumbre (group of people) · mk толпа (group of people) · fy kloft (group of people) · la caterva (group of people) · cy torf (group of people) · nrf foule (group of people) · it turba (group of people) · vi đám đông (group of people) · fr foule (group of people) · ro gloată (the “lower orders” of people) · scn cafoḍḍu (group of things) · eo homamaso (group of people) · pt multidão (group of people) · es multitud (group of people) · got 𐌹𐌿𐌼𐌾𐍉 (group of people) · bg тълпа́ (group of people) · kk топ (group of people) · mi mātoru (group of people) · chr ᎤᏂᏣᏘ (group of people) · bo མི་ཚོགས (group of people) · ca multitud (group of people) · izh rahvas (group of people) · uk гурт (group of people) · da folkehav (group of people) · te బృందము (group of people) · it fiumana (group of people) · ro grămadă (group of things) · ca gentada (group of people) · mr गर्दी (group of people) · mr जमाव (group of people) · es gentillal (group of people) · cmn 人群 (group of people) · sv folkmassa (group of people) · tr kalabalık (group of people) · scn massa (the “lower orders” of people) · ro mulțime (group of things) · ur جنتا (group of people) · sh гу̑жва (group of people) · de Haufen (group of things) · kk жиын (group of people) · es montón (group of people) · tg издиҳом (group of people) · la multitūdō (group of things) · fi pino (group of things) · km មនុស្សកកកុញ (group of people) · la frequentia (group of people) · es montón (group of things) · nrf fliotchet (group of people) · he הָמוֹן (group of people) · tl libumbon (group of people) · et rahvahulk (group of people) · ga dream (group of people) · ky жыйын (group of people) · th มหาชน (group of people) · mt ġgajta (group of people) · es gentío (group of people) · hy կույտ (group of things) · nl massa (group of things) · ja 群衆 (group of people) · scn cumarca (group of people) · it massa (group of people) · sv mängd (group of things) · pt plebe (the “lower orders” of people) · eo popolamaso (the “lower orders” of people) · pt povo (the “lower orders” of people) · fi väentungos (the “lower orders” of people) · nb flokk (group of people) · az kütlə (the “lower orders” of people) · es amasijo (group of things) · km ហ្វូងមនុស្ស (group of people) · is þyrping (group of things) · da folkmasse (the “lower orders” of people) · sh свѐтина (the “lower orders” of people) · tk märeke (group of people) · mt ġliba (group of people) · mt folla (group of people) · ja 大勢 (group of people) · fr monceau (group of things) · mn бөөн хүн (group of people) · ro mulțime (group of people) · nb folkehav (group of people) · et murd (group of people) · ne जमात (group of people) · es mucha/demasiada gente (group of people) · my လူစုလူဝေး (group of people) · ota سوری (group of people) · ja 積み重ね (group of things) · sv massa (group of people) · sh свјѐтина (the “lower orders” of people) · sk dav (group of people) · gl morea (group of things) · la multitudo (group of people) · lo ຝູງຊົນ (group of people) · sl množica (group of people) · cs dav (group of people) · sh màsa (group of people) · la vulgus (group of people) · sh gȗžva (group of people) · te గుంపు (group of people) · arz زحمة (group of people) · nl menigte (group of people) · cmn 群众 (the “lower orders” of people) · lt minia (group of people) · be ку́па (group of things) · it folla (group of people) · pt pilha (group of things) · nb folkemengde (group of people) · et hulk (group of people) · gd gràisg (the “lower orders” of people) · da flok (group of people) · fi kasa (group of things) · az izdiham (group of people) · da mængde (group of people) · ru сброд (the “lower orders” of people) · de Menschenmasse (group of people) · ota كومه (group of people) · grc πλῆθος (group of people) · cy gwrengod (the “lower orders” of people) · sq turmë (group of people) · ca gernació (group of people) · sv hög (group of things) · ro maldăr (group of things) · ka გროვა (group of things) · sh svètina (group of people) · de Menschenmenge (group of people) · sh свѐтина (group of people) · lad djentoria (group of people) · mk навалица (group of people) · uz olomon (group of people) · hy բազմություն (group of things) · is þyrping (group of people) · ja 人込み (group of people) · nl hoop (group of things) · be нато́ўп (group of people) · sh ма̀са (group of people) · io turbo (group of people) · es muchedumbre (group of people) · gl poulareda (group of people) · ro aglomerație (group of people) · kk жұрт (group of people) · nl gepeupel (the “lower orders” of people) · scn fuḍḍa (group of people) · mt ġemgħa (group of people) · es bolón (group of people) · de Menge (group of people) · qu ch'unku (group of people) · nmn dzâa (group of people) · kk тобыр (group of people) · nl massa (group of people) · sh svjètina (group of people) · ang ġeþring (group of people) · scn fuḍḍa (the “lower orders” of people) · pl kupa (group of things) · fa جمعیت (group of people) · sh svètina (the “lower orders” of people) · mt kotra (group of people) · ru ку́ча (group of things) · es molote (group of people) · tr avam (the “lower orders” of people) · km មនុស្សកុះករ (group of people) · bg куп (group of things) · scn munzeḍḍu (group of things) · gl grea (group of people) · mh bwij (group of people) · ro prostime (the “lower orders” of people) · hy բազմություն (group of people) · uk ку́па (group of things) · da masse (the “lower orders” of people) · mr समुह (group of people) · bg нава́лица (group of people) · es multitud (group of things) · eu jendetza (group of people) · es turba (group of people) · ka გროვა (group of people) · sv massa (the “lower orders” of people) · ar حَشْد (group of people) · izh miira (group of people) · nl massa (the “lower orders” of people) · ko 무리 (group of people) · grc ὄχλος (group of people) · ko 더미 (group of things) · ga slua (group of people) · pt massa (the “lower orders” of people) · la agmen (group of people) · ru толпа́ (group of people) · nl schare (group of people) · cmn 群眾 /群众 (group of people) · ta கூட்டம் (group of people) · cmn 一堆 (group of things) · lv pūlis (group of people) · th กอง (group of things) · fa انبوه (group of people) · sh го̀мила (group of things) · uk на́товп (group of people) · sw umati (group of people) · ko 군중 (group of people) · ckb قەلەباڵغی (group of people) · km ហ្វូង (group of people) · ru толпа́ (the “lower orders” of people) · pt monte (group of things) · sh gòmila (group of things) · hi जनता (group of people) · km មហាវគ្គ (group of people) · tg анбӯҳ (group of people) · nb mengde (group of people) · izh väki (group of people) · scn genti (group of people) · ro masă de oameni (group of people) · hy ամբոխ (group of people)