Definition of: throng

(thrông, throng) noun
1. A multitude of people crowded closely together.
2. Any numerous collection.
—v.t.
1. To crowd into and occupy fully; jam.
2. To press or crowd upon.
—v.i.
3. To collect or move in a throng. See synonyms under JAM¹. [OE gethrang] Synonyms (noun): concourse, crowd, host, jam, mass, multitude, press. A crowd is a company of persons filling to excess the space they occupy and pressing inconveniently upon one another; the total number in a crowd may be great or small. Throng implies that the persons are numerous as well as pressed or pressing closely together; there may be a dense crowd in a small room, but there cannot be a throng. Host and multitude both imply vast numbers, but a multitude may be diffused over a great space so as to be nowhere a crowd; host is a military term, and properly denotes an assembly too orderly for crowding. Concourse signifies a spontaneous gathering of many persons moved by a common impulse, and suggests less massing and pressure than is indicated by the word throng. Compare ASSEMBLY, COMPANY.