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crowd
This word carries a strong sense of compression and lack of personal space. It often implies a feeling of being overwhelmed or squeezed, whether the atmosphere is one of excitement, such as at a concert, or one of chaos, such as during a panic. It suggests a collective mass where individual identity is submerged into a single, moving entity.
In social contexts, the term can shift toward a negative connotation of conformity. When someone is described as following the crowd, it suggests a lack of independent thought or a surrender to peer pressure, painting the group as a mindless force rather than a gathering of individuals.
Countable when referring to a specific group of people gathered for an event. Uncountable when referring to the general state of being crowded or the mass of people as a singular concept.
Meanings
Examples
A huge crowd gathered outside the stadium.
The tourists crowded the narrow alleyway.
People crowded around the street performer.
Phrasal Verbs
crowd around
to gather closely around a person or object
A group of curious onlookers crowded around the accident scene.
crowd into
to enter a space in large numbers, often filling it completely
The fans crowded into the arena as soon as the doors opened.
crowd out
to push others out of a space or to displace something by taking up all the room
The larger corporations often crowd out small local businesses from the market.