n. 25B6; noun
a herd of cows : drove, flock, pack, fold; group, collection.
a herd of actors : CROWD, group, bunch, horde, mob, host, pack, multitude, throng, swarm, company.
they consider themselves above the herd : THE COMMON PEOPLE, the masses, the rank and file, the crowd, the commonality, the commonalty, the plebeians; the hoi polloi, the mob, the proletariat, the rabble, the riff-raff, the great unwashed; informal the proles, the plebs.
25B6; verb
we herded the sheep into the pen : DRIVE, shepherd, guide; round up, gather, collect.
we all herded into the room : CROWD, pack, flock; cluster, huddle.
they herd reindeer : TEND, look after, keep, watch (over), mind, guard.