Crowd
/kɹaʊd/
noun
- A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
"After the movie let out, a crowd of people pushed through the exit doors."
- Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.
"There was a crowd of toys pushed beneath the couch where the children were playing."
- (with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace, vulgar.
- A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.
"That obscure author's fans were a nerdy crowd which hardly ever interacted before the Internet age."
verb
- To press forward; to advance by pushing.
"The man crowded into the packed room."
- To press together or collect in numbers
"They crowded through the archway and into the park."
- To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.
"He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen."
- To fill by pressing or thronging together
- (often used with "out of" or "off") To push, to press, to shove.
"They tried to crowd her off the sidewalk."
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Crowd"
Crowd is a 5-letter word that scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Crowd" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "crowd" is a medium-scoring word.