hordes

noun

plural of horde
as in throngs
a great number of persons or creatures massed together a horde of mosquitoes hordes of tourists from the cruise ship crowded the shops and cafes

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Recent Examples of hordes Dating apps are full of horror stories where hordes of men act creepily toward the female population. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 17 June 2026 There are hordes of mice and cockroaches in this backyard; the women flick them at each other and joke about a huge marijuana plant growing nearby. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 June 2026 Soon shoppers in two Southern states can join the hordes of fans who add ALDI finds to their carts each week. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 June 2026 With plenty of nervous energy, hordes of United States fans packed into KC Live! — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026 And now, Swift’s fans are set to descend on the city, accompanied by hordes of media who until recently had little to no concrete information about the hush-hush affair. — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 1 July 2026 Out went what was left of country-club Republicanism; in came the Fifth Avenue insurgent and his MAGA hordes. — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 Kai Cenat's Streamer University program went awry after hordes of people crowded an audition site in Atlanta, Georgia, leading to several arrests, according to police. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 17 June 2026 That flagship became one of New York’s defining retail landmarks, attracting hordes of tourists and earning appearances in films including Big, Home Alone 2, Baby Boom and Annie. — Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hordes
  1. throngs
  2. swarms
  3. flocks
  4. crowds
Noun
  • With their billowing sails, teakwood decks and mazes of ropes and rigging, ships like Eagle draw throngs of visitors hoping to get a glimpse of the past.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The throngs of teenagers doing back flips into the Canal Saint-Martin and playing soccer in the street set the mood for the week.
    — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of throngs
Noun
  • Their strategy focuses on low-cost drone swarms, maximizing pilot effectiveness.
    — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Every wedding, every cherry blossom season in Japan, every birth, reactor accidents too, swarms of insects, kittens playing with woolen balls, people disfigured by war, palm trees at sunset—five billion photos a day.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of swarms
Noun
  • As of April 2026 there were around 62 active bird flu cases in the US, 39 of them commercial and 23 in backyard flocks, poultry scientist Dervan Bryan told Campus Insights Media.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • After their return to the Negev Lot and Abraham both have large flocks of livestock, but their herders begin to quarrel.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
Definition of flocks
Noun
  • Fourth of July celebrations in Newport Beach, California, a coastal city in Orange County, led to over 400 arrests after large crowds became disorderly, according to police.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • Iran’s semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) wrote about the 1989 funeral earlier this week, describing how the enormous crowds exceeded the numbers expected by authorities.
    — Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of crowds

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