Throng — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a large gathering of people

press tightly together or cram

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/θɹˈɔŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/θɹˈɒŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/θɹˈɒŋ/

1 syllable Say it as /θɹˈɔŋ/.

Examples

The crowd packed the auditorium

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

mob pack jam concourse multitude pile

Parts of Speech

noun	a large gathering of people
verb	press tightly together or cram “The crowd packed the auditorium”

Word Forms

throng	verb	press tightly together or cram
throng	noun	a large gathering of people
mob	noun	a disorderly crowd of people
pile	noun	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Menschenmenge

eine große Menschenansammlung

🇫🇷French

foule

un grand rassemblement de personnes

🇪🇸Spanish

multitud

una gran reunión de personas

🇮🇹Italian

folla

un grande raduno di persone

🇳🇱Dutch

menigte

een grote bijeenkomst van mensen

🇵🇹Portuguese

multidão

uma grande reunião de pessoas

🇷🇺Russian

толпа

большое скопление людей

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भीड़

लोगों का एक बड़ा जमावड़ा

🇧🇩Bengali

ভিড়

মানুষের একটি বিশাল সমাবেশ

🇮🇳Tamil

கூட்டம்

ஒரு பெரிய மக்கள் கூட்டம்

🇮🇳Telugu

గుంపు

పెద్ద జనసమూహం

🇮🇳Marathi

गर्दी

लोकांचा मोठा मेळावा

🇮🇳Gujarati

ભીડ

લોકોનો મોટો મેળાવડો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಜನಸಂದಣಿ

ಜನರ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಸಭೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജനക്കൂട്ടം

ഒരു വലിയ ജനക്കൂട്ടം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਭੀੜ

ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਵੱਡਾ ਇਕੱਠ

🇵🇰Urdu

بھیڑ

لوگوں کا ایک بڑا اجتماع

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

人群

一大群人

🇯🇵Japanese

群衆

大勢の人々の集まり

🇰🇷Korean

군중

많은 사람들이 모인 곳

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đám đông

một cuộc tụ tập đông người

🇹🇭Thai

ฝูงชน

ฝูงชนจำนวนมาก

🇮🇩Indonesian

kerumunan

kumpulan orang dalam jumlah besar

🇵🇭Filipino

siksikan

isang malaking pagtitipon ng mga tao

🇲🇾Malay

berduyun-duyun

perhimpunan ramai orang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حشد

جمع كبير من الناس

🇮🇷Persian

ازدحام

تجمع بزرگی از مردم

🇹🇷Turkish

kalabalık

büyük bir insan topluluğu

🇮🇱Hebrew

הָמוֹן

אוסף גדול של אנשים

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