Crowd
Crowd noun - A great number of persons or creatures massed together.
Usage example: a huge crowd of fans was on hand to greet the returning World Series champions
Masses is a synonym for crowd in people topic. In some cases you can use "Masses" instead the word "Crowd" as a noun or an adjective, when it comes to topics like majority, large assembly.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The Assimilator: The crowd of the short story of the same name have been assimilating accident victims into their masses for DECADES continuing with the protagonist.
Source: Creator / Ray Bradbury -
On one Black Sabbath live album, War Pigs has Ozzy sing a line (example: Generals gather in their masses...), the crowd sing the subsequent line (...just like witches at black masses), and repeat.
Source: Audience Participation Song -
Last Res0rt uses Faceless Masses for massive crowd scenes like the arena audience, but otherwise hews to this pretty nicely.
Source: Cast of Snowflakes
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Masses and Crowd. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crowd/masses
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