throng

Meaning

Noun

1. A group of people crowded or gathered closely together.
2. A group of things; a host or swarm.

Verb

1. (transitive) To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.
2. (intransitive) To congregate.
3. (transitive) To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.

Adj

1. (Northern-England, Scotland) Filled with persons or objects; crowded.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland) Busy; hurried.

Synonyms

crowd

swarm

mob

flock

multitude

mass

group

gather

concourse

jam

crowd around

pack

horde

press

congregate

stream

host

community

troop

surround

come together

mill about

crush

huddle

congestion

traffic jam

surge

gathering

besiege

shoal

beset

rabble

pile

cluster around

bunch

squeeze

congregation

herd

crowd round

hustle and bustle

ruck

band

block up

company

assembly

cluster

rush

party

🥳

drove

overcrowd

Translations

folla

calca

multitud

foule

Gedränge

muchedumbre

gentío

Gewühl

moltitudine

Menge

multitude

cohue

multidão

affluenza

Gewimmel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θɹɒŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: throng

Inherited from Old English: þrang

Cognate with Dutch: drang

Cognate with German: Drang

Cognate with German: Gedränge

In summary

From Middle English throng, thrang, from Old English þrang, ġeþrang (“crowd, press, tumult”), from Proto-Germanic *þrangwą, *þrangwō (“throng”), from *þrangwaz (“pressing, narrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat; pound; hew; press”). Cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang. Compare also German Gedränge (“throng”).