throng
A large crowd of people packed together.
throng in a sentence
- A throng of excited fans filled the square outside the stadium.
- On Christmas Eve a throng of shoppers packed the market square, all hunting last-minute presents.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to throng?
- Acrowd
- Bcouple
- Chandful
- Dfew
Show the answer
A: crowd. The other three mean the opposite of throng.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to throng?
- Ahandful
- Bcrowd
- Cmass
- Dmob
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A: handful. The other three mean nearly the same as throng.
Words that mean something similar
crowd, mob, mass
Words that mean the opposite
handful, few, couple
More words about size & amount
- tinge: A small amount of a colour or feeling.
- tremendous: Extremely large or extremely good.
- trifle: Something of little value or importance.
- trivial: So small and unimportant that it hardly matters.
- unique: Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.
- unsurpassed: Better than all others; never beaten.
- unwieldy: Awkward to carry or use because it is big and clumsy.
- utmost: The greatest or highest amount possible.
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