crowds
Many people together
Crowds is the plural of crowd—large groups of people gathered in one place.
The word often implies density and anonymity: Crowds filled the stadium, I lost her in the crowds.
As a verb, crowds means presses together or encroaches: The furniture crowds the room, Don't let anxiety crowd out the joy.
Dense pressing crowd
Movement along routes
- jamCooked fruit spread
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- crushCompress with force
squeeze · chokepoint · logjam · blockage · rush-hour · tailback · standstill · backup
Conformity-driven poor decisions
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- stampedeFrenzied mass flight
- surgeSudden powerful increase
wave · chant · roar · jostle · push · shove · disperse · scatter
Gathered viewers collectively
- onlookersPeople observing an event
- bystandersPeople present but uninvolved
- fansArdent admirers or coolers
- supportersPeople who back something
attendees · viewers · observers · cheering · applause · stadium · arena · stands
throng
Dense pressing crowd
mob · mass · sea · legion · flock · pack · drove · host · rabble · ruck
traffic
Movement along routes
- jamCooked fruit spread
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
crush · squeeze · chokepoint · logjam · blockage · rush-hour · tailback · standstill · backup · snarl-up
groupthink
Conformity-driven poor decisions
surge · wave · chant · roar · jostle · push · shove · disperse · scatter · converge
audience
Gathered viewers collectively
- onlookersPeople observing an event
- bystandersPeople present but uninvolved
- fansArdent admirers or coolers
supporters · attendees · viewers · observers · cheering · applause · stadium · arena · stands · bleachers
festival
Organized public celebration
convention · fair · carnival · demonstration · protest · march · ceremony · gala · fiesta · jamboree
plaza
Public open square
bazaar · souk · streets · promenade · boardwalk · esplanade · downtown · metropolis · urban · mall
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- city lifecity, urban life, traffic noise, downtown, metropolis
- marketsmarket, marketplace, stock market, bazaar, flea market
- audiencesviewers, listeners, spectators, watchers, live audience
- cityscape paintingskyline, rooftop view, rainy street, downtown, skyscrapers
- Italian marketsvendors, stalls, produce, fruit stands, produce stands
crowdsindividuals
Separate, distinct people
individual · single person · handful · few · nobody
- crowded outDisplaced by competition
- follow the crowdAdopt majority behavior
- crowd pleaserBroadly appealing attraction
- wrong crowdHarmful social group
- crowd controlRegulating gathered masses
- tough crowdUnresponsive audience group
crowd, crowded, crowding, overcrowded, uncrowded, overcrowding, crowdedness, crowd in on, crowd out