a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng

a crowd of angry people.

any large number of persons.

any group or set of persons with something in common

The restaurant attracts a theater crowd.

audience; attendance

Opening night drew a good crowd.

the common people; the masses

He feels superior to the crowd.

a large number of things gathered or considered together.

Sociology . a temporary gathering of people responding to common stimuli and engaged in any of various forms of collective behavior.

to gather in large numbers; throng; swarm.

to press forward; advance by pushing.

to press closely together; force into a confined space; cram

to crowd clothes into a suitcase.

to push; shove.

to fill to excess; fill by pressing or thronging into.

to place under pressure or stress by constant solicitation

to crowd a debtor for payment; to crowd someone with embarrassing questions.

crowd on sail

Nautical . to carry a press of sail.

verb

abandon , leave , retreat

noun

army , array , blowout , bunch , cattle , circle , clique , cloud , cluster , company , concourse , confluence , conflux , congeries , congregation , coterie , crew , crush , deluge , drove , faction , flock , flood , gaggle , great unwashed , group , herd , horde , host , jam , legion , lot , mass , masses , meet , mob , multitude , muster , organization , pack , party , people , posse , press , rabble , rank and file * , scores , sellout , set , stream , surge , swarm , throng , troupe , tumult , in-crowd , push , ruck , common , commonality , commoner , hoi polloi , pleb , plebeian , populace , public , third estate , assemblage , body , conclave , conference , congress , convention , convocation , gathering , meeting , troop , score , assembly , bevy , commonalty , knot , number , phalanx , proletariat , rabblerout , riffraff , roughscuff , stampede , the masses

verb

bear , bunch , bundle , chock , cluster , congest , congregate , crush , deluge , elbow , flock , gather , huddle , jam , jam-pack , justle , mass , muster , overcrowd , pack , pack ‘em in , pack like sardines , pile , push , ram , sardine , shove , squash , squeeze , squish * , stream , surge , swamp , swarm , throng , top off , troop , mob , press , cram , load , stuff , assemblage , circle , clique , company , compress , concourse , confluence , cramp , drove , gang , gathering , group , herd , horde , host , impact , intrude , jostle , legion , multitude , party , posse , scores , sellout , set , stow , three