en masse
As one body
En masse means all together, as a group or body.
The French phrase (literally "in a mass") describes collective action where individuals move or act as one: The audience rose en masse.
It emphasizes unanimity or simultaneity: The board resigned en masse, Protesters flooded the square en masse.
- collectivelyAs a whole group
- togetherIn union or proximity
- all at onceOccurring without gradual buildup
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- crowdLarge public gathering
unanimously · jointly · stampede · wholesale · flood · exodus · en bloc · lock stock and barrel · mobilization · swarm · as one · convergence · surge · multitude · throng · bodily · in force · safety in numbers
- French Loanwordsa la carte, ballet, a la mode, au revoir, bon appetit
- completenesscomplete, completely, entire, totally, total
- instantlysuddenly, instantly, immediately, at once, abruptly
- loanwordsloanword, loan words, borrowings, borrowed words, loan word
en masseindividually
One at a time
one by one · singly · separately · one at a time · alone
en massepiecemeal
In separate stages
gradually · incrementally · bit by bit · sequentially · sporadically
mass, massive, masses, massed, massing, biomass, massiveness, critical mass