rabbles
Disorderly gathered masses
Rabbles is the plural of rabble, a disorderly crowd or mob.
The word often carries contempt: the rabbles that filled the streets after the verdict.
To rabble is to mob or attack as a crowd, though this verb is rare.
A rabble can also be an iron bar used for stirring molten metal in a furnace.
Chaotic, lawless gatherings
- throngsLarge, dense crowds
- massesBulk or populace
- hordesVery large crowds
- swarmsGathers in vast numbers
multitudes · gatherings · assemblies · riffraff · commoners · populace · plebeians · hoi polloi
Public displays of opinion
- riotsViolent public disturbances
- uprisingsOrganized resistance movements
- revoltsViolent political uprisings
- mobsChaotic, lawless gatherings
unrest · dissent · civil disobedience · rallies · marches · agitation · insurrection · mutiny
Loud persistent noise
- commotionNoisy, confused disturbance
- tumultNoisy, chaotic disturbance
- dinSustained unpleasant noise
- outcryLoud public protest
noise · furor · brouhaha · hullabaloo · cacophony · fracas · disturbance · ruckus
Tendency to follow crowds
- mob mentalityCollective irrationality in groups
- crowd psychologyStudy of group influence
- conformityAdherence to norms
- bandwagonSurging popular cause
peer pressure · hivemind · echo chamber · stampede · masses · pack behavior · contagion · hysteria
mobs
Chaotic, lawless gatherings
swarms · multitudes · gatherings · assemblies · riffraff · commoners · populace · plebeians · hoi polloi · ruffians
demonstrations
Public displays of opinion
- riotsViolent public disturbances
- uprisingsOrganized resistance movements
- revoltsViolent political uprisings
mobs · unrest · dissent · civil disobedience · rallies · marches · agitation · insurrection · mutiny · rebellion
clamor
Loud persistent noise
outcry · noise · furor · brouhaha · hullabaloo · cacophony · fracas · disturbance · ruckus · pandemonium
herd mentality
Tendency to follow crowds
- mob mentalityCollective irrationality in groups
- crowd psychologyStudy of group influence
- conformityAdherence to norms
bandwagon · peer pressure · hivemind · echo chamber · stampede · masses · pack behavior · contagion · hysteria · frenzy
rabblesregiments
Military units under colonels
armies · processions · squadrons · battalions · cohorts
rabblesaristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
nobility · gentry · upper classes · patricians · high society
- rabble rousersThose who inflame public sentiment
- rabble rousingInciting group unrest