Throng
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /θɹɒŋ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Throng is a noun meaning A group of people crowded or gathered closely together.
Meaning
A group of people crowded or gathered closely together.
More Meanings
- A group of things; a host or swarm.
- (transitive) To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.
- (intransitive) To congregate.
- (transitive) To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.
- Filled with persons or objects; crowded.
- Busy; hurried.
Example Sentences
Perhaps you suppose this throng / Can't keep it up all day long?
Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng.
Bloody corpses, broken bones reveal / A throng of clashes crushed, our nightmare sealed / Amongst the shadows and the stones
I imagine throngs of people – well-dressed, sipping spritzes – in front of a boat that, to me, is a coffin which held 700 people.
Word Forms
- throngs
- thronging
- thronged
- thronger
- throngest
Synonyms for throng
Depending on context, synonyms include crowd, multitude, concourse, pile, jam, pack.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mob, pile, multitude, pack, concourse, jam.
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