n. 25B6; noun
a soggy mass of fallen leaves : PILE, heap; accumulation, aggregation, accretion, concretion, build-up.
a mass of cyclists : CROWD, horde, large group, throng, host, troop, army, herd, flock, drove, swarm, mob, pack, press, crush, flood, multitude.
the mass of the population : MAJORITY, greater part/number, best/better part, major part, most, bulk, main body, lion's share.
THE COMMON PEOPLE, the populace, the public, the people, the rank and file, the crowd, the third estate; derogatory the hoi polloi, the mob, the proletariat, the common herd, the great unwashed.
(informal) masses of food. : See lot pronoun .
25B6; adjective mass hysteria : WIDESPREAD, general, wholesale, universal, large-scale, extensive, pandemic.
25B6; verb they began massing troops in the region : ASSEMBLE, marshal, gather together, muster, round up, mobilize, rally.