busloads

Many arriving together

Busloads refers to large quantities of people, as many as would fill one or more buses.

The word emphasizes volume: Busloads of tourists descended on the museum.

It appears most often in contexts involving crowds arriving somewhere—protesters, students, visitors.

A single busload is the capacity of one bus; busloads implies multiple groups or simply a great many people.

quantity

multitude

Very large number

hordesVery large crowds
massesBulk or populace
drovesLarge moving groups

scores · throngs · crowds · swarms · legions · flocks · groups · waves · streams · floods

transport

coach

One who instructs

charterFounding organizational document
shuttleShort-distance transport
motorcoachBus for longer trips

transit · commute · depot · terminal · pickup · dropoff · transfer · route · schedule · timetable

crowding

packed

Filled to capacity

crammedOverfilled or overstuffed
jammedUnable to move freely
stuffedFilled beyond capacity

overflowing · sardined · squeezed · congested · teeming · bursting · heaving · mobbed · chock-full · standing-room-only

tourism

tourists

Travelers seeing sights

sightseersVisitors exploring notable places
visitorsPeople who come temporarily
excursionistsShort-trip travelers

day-trippers · holidaymakers · vacationers · backpackers · travellers · pilgrims · cruise passengers · pensioners · retirees · photographers

Opposites

quantity/volume of people

busloadsa handful

Small amount grasped

a few · one or two · dribs and drabs · stragglers · skeleton crew

quantity/volume

busloadstrickle

Thin, slow stream

handful · few · scattering · smattering · one or two

Family

Familiarity: Top 100,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G