multitudes
Throngs beyond counting
Multitudes means large numbers of people or things.
A politician addresses the multitudes.
Multitudes of birds darken the sky.
The word carries slightly more literary or biblical weight than crowds or masses.
The phrase contain multitudes (from Whitman) describes someone with contradictory or complex aspects: I contain multitudes.
Extremely large number
- legionGreat number, or soldiers
- scoresAchieves points; many
- plethoraExcessive surplus
- profusionExtravagant amount present
countless · innumerable · numberless · infinite · uncountable · manifold · vastness · abundance
Dense pressing crowd
- massesBulk or populace
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- mobDisorderly, aggressive crowd
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
assembly · congregation · swarm · flock · herd · pack · rally · audience
Consisting of dissimilar elements
- variedDiffering in type
- assortedOf various sorts
- eclecticDeriving from varied sources
- manifoldMany and various
sundry · multifarious · pluralistic · mosaic · patchwork · composite · polyglot · kaleidoscopic
Members of a nation
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- residentsPeople living somewhere
- communityCollective of connected people
- publicAvailable to all
population · electorate · folk · denizens · society · constituency · natives · locals
myriad
Extremely large number
profusion · countless · innumerable · numberless · infinite · uncountable · manifold · vastness · abundance · copious
throng
Dense pressing crowd
gathering · assembly · congregation · swarm · flock · herd · pack · rally · audience · spectators
heterogeneous
Consisting of dissimilar elements
manifold · sundry · multifarious · pluralistic · mosaic · patchwork · composite · polyglot · kaleidoscopic · motley
citizens
Members of a nation
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- residentsPeople living somewhere
- communityCollective of connected people
public · population · electorate · folk · denizens · society · constituency · natives · locals · people
- crowd scenescrowd shots, mob scenes, throngs, mass gatherings, spectators
- Walt WhitmanLeaves of Grass, Song of Myself, en-masse, kosmos, Brooklyn
- Biblical PeoplesIsraelites, Israelite, Hebrews, Hebrew, Jews
multitudeselite
Superior select group
the few · select few · aristocracy · oligarchy · individuals
- contain multitudesEncompass contradictory qualities within oneself
- containing multitudesHaving internal contradictions
- feeding the multitudeGiving food to many