I.
noun
1 large number of people in one place
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , bumper ( BrE ), capacity , enormous , good , great , huge , large , massive , packed , record , sell-out , vast
▪
The show played to capacity ~s.
▪ small
▪ gathering , growing
▪ assembled
▪
The president read a declaration to a vast assembled ~.
▪ entire , whole
▪ jostling , milling , surging
▪
We pushed our way through the milling ~s of guests.
▪ noisy
▪ admiring , adoring , appreciative , cheering , enthusiastic , excited , expectant
▪ angry , hostile , partisan
▪ rush-hour ( esp. BrE )
▪ diverse , motley ( esp. BrE )
▪
the usual motley ~ of tourists, hawkers and pigeons
▪ football , theatre/theater
▪ home , hometown (= at a sports game) ( AmE )
VERB + CROWD
▪ attract , bring , bring in , draw , gather , get , pull , pull in
▪
Boxing is a sport that always attracts large ~s.
▪ break up , disperse
▪
Police were called to disperse the ~.
▪ control
▪ address , entertain , play to , work
▪ join , mingle with
▪ avoid
▪
If you want to avoid the ~s, get there early.
▪ face
▪ scan , search , watch
▪ get lost in
▪
She was afraid she might get lost in the ~.
CROWD + VERB
▪ assemble , collect , gather
▪
An expectant ~ gathered outside his house.
▪ grow , swell
▪
The ~ grew to over 15 000.
▪ rush
▪
The ~ rushed forward.
▪ flock , mill , throng sth , throng around sb/sth
▪
Crowds have been flocking to the beaches in this hot weather.
▪
~s thronging the streets of Rio
▪
A ~ thronged around the wounded man.
▪ disperse , melt away , thin out
▪
After the ambulance drove off, the ~ dispersed.
▪ part
▪ chant , cheer , erupt , roar , scream
▪ boo , hiss , jeer
▪ line the street
▪
Crowds lined the streets of the city as the president's car approached.
CROWD + NOUN
▪ control
▪ favourite/favorite
▪
She didn't win but she was clearly the ~ favourite/favorite.
▪ noise
▪ scene
PREPOSITION
▪ among a/the ~
▪
A bewildered child was wandering among the ~.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
I saw some familiar faces in the ~.
▪ through a/the ~
▪
She fought her way through the ~.
▪ ~ of
▪
a big ~ of football supporters
PHRASES
▪ the back of a ~ , the front of a ~ , the middle of a ~
2 the crowd ordinary people
VERB + THE CROWD
▪ be one of , follow
▪
She's happy to follow the ~.
▪ stand out from
▪
We all like to think we stand out from the ~ (= are different from other people) .
PHRASES
▪ a face in the ~
▪
To her I'm just another face in the ~.
II.
verb
Crowd is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ hall , ↑ marketplace , ↑ street