murmuration

Meaning

1. An act or instance of murmuring.
2. A flock of starlings.
3. An emergent order in a multi-agent social system.

Synonyms

murmur

murmuring

muttering

mussitation

mumbling

mutter

bed

🛏️

bevy

bike

🚲

boar

🐗

brace

brood

building

bunch

bury

business

busyness

cartload

chowder

circle

⭕

clamour

cloud

☁️

cluster

clutter

coalition

colony

comfort

company

corps

covey

drift

drove

erst

exaltation

family

👪

field

flight

✈️

flock

flush

gaggle

grist

gulp

harem

herd

hive

hum

intrigue

kennel

kindle

knot

🪢

Translations

μουρμούρισμα

تمْتمة

xiuxiueig

murmuri

remor

barboteig

دمْدمة

xiu-xiu

xiu-xiueig

Gemurmel

Geräusch

Herde

Meute

Rotte

قطيع

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌmɝməˈɹeɪʃən/

Etymology

1350–1400; Medieval Latin murmuratio (“murmuring, grumbling”). The “flock of starlings” sense is probably derived from the sound of the very large groups that starlings form at dusk.