The throng protested against abortion.
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Throng
//θɹɔŋ//
Synonyms for "throng" (130 found)
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132 translations across 32 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- οὐλαμός noun (group of people)
Armenian
3 entries- ամբոխ noun (group of people)
- բազմություն noun (group of people)
- բազմություն noun (group of things; host or swarm)
Bulgarian
3 entries- множество noun (group of people)
- тълпа noun (group of people)
- тълпя се verb (to crowd into a place, especially to fill it)
Campidanese Sardinian
1 entries- stibbu noun (group of people)
Catalan
2 entries- gent assai noun (group of people)
- munió noun (group of people)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 蜂擁 /蜂拥 verb (to crowd into a place, especially to fill it)
Czech
3 entries- dav noun (group of people)
- tlačenice noun (group of people)
- zástup noun (group of people)
Dutch
4 entries- drukte noun (group of people)
- massa noun (group of people)
- menigte noun (group of people)
- zwerm noun (group of things; host or swarm)
Esperanto
4 entries- amaso noun (group of people)
- amaso noun (group of things; host or swarm)
- homamaso noun (group of people)
- svarmo noun (group of people)
Finnish
4 entries- ihmisjoukko noun (group of people)
- joukko noun (group of things; host or swarm)
- lauma noun (group of things; host or swarm)
- väentungos noun (group of people)
French
3 entries- essaim noun (group of people)
- essaim noun (group of things; host or swarm)
- foule noun (group of people)
Galician
4 entries- aglomeración noun (group of people)
- morea noun (group of things; host or swarm)
- multitude noun (group of people)
- multitude noun (group of things; host or swarm)
Gallurese
1 entries- gjntória noun (group of people)
German
4 entries- Ansammlung noun (group of things; host or swarm)
- Gedränge noun (group of people)
- Gewühl noun (group of people)
- Menschengewühl noun (group of people)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌹𐌿𐌼𐌾𐍉 noun (group of people)
Irish
4 entries- plód noun (group of people)
- pulcadh noun (group of people)
- slua noun (group of people)
- plódaigh verb (to congregate)
Italian
3 entries- calca noun (group of people)
- folla noun (group of people)
- ressa noun (group of people)
Latin
4 entries- caterva noun (group of people)
- frequentia noun (group of people)
- multitūdō noun (group of people)
- turba noun (group of people)
Māori
3 entries- popō verb (to crowd into a place, especially to fill it)
- popō verb (to congregate)
- tāmuimui verb (to crowd into a place, especially to fill it)
Occitan
4 entries- eissam noun (group of things; host or swarm)
- eissamat noun (group of things; host or swarm)
- fola noun (group of people)
- molon noun (group of things; host or swarm)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- سوری noun (group of people)
- قالابالق noun (group of people)
- كومه noun (group of people)
Persian
1 entries- جمعیت noun (group of people)
Polish
3 entries- ciżba noun (group of people)
- tłok noun (group of people)
- tłum noun (group of people)
Portuguese
4 entries- aglomeração noun (group of people)
- turba noun (group of people)
- apinhar verb (to crowd into a place, especially to fill it)
- lotar verb (to crowd into a place, especially to fill it)
Romanian
4 entries- aglomerație noun (group of people)
- claie noun (group of people)
- mulțime noun (group of people)
- stol noun (group of people)
Russian
4 entries- ку́ча noun (group of people)
- ку́ча noun (group of things; host or swarm)
- ма́сса noun (group of things; host or swarm)
- мно́жество noun (group of things; host or swarm)
Sardinian
3 entries- càtticu noun (group of people)
- lèrina noun (group of people)
- zentoriu noun (group of people)
Sassarese
1 entries- attruppogliu noun (group of people)
Spanish
4 entries- caterva noun (group of people)
- caterva noun (group of things; host or swarm)
- gentío noun (group of people)
- hervidero noun (group of things; host or swarm)
Swedish
3 entries- mängd noun (group of people)
- trängsel noun (group of people)
- tränga sig in verb (to crowd into a place, especially to fill it)
Ukrainian
4 entries- купа noun (group of things; host or swarm)
- маса noun (group of things; host or swarm)
- на́товп noun (group of people)
- заповнювати verb (to crowd into a place, especially to fill it)
Volapük
1 entries- menarunäd noun (group of people)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
He was surrounded by a throng of reporters.
Source: tatoeba (562104)
When we stepped off the bus we were immediately surrounded by a throng of children from the village.
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Even the popular senator was surprised that thousands of people would throng to his political rallies.
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