Gathering and Multitude

Gathering

Gathering noun - A body of people come together in one place.
Usage example: the President spoke before the gathering of student leaders

Multitude is a synonym for gathering in assembly topic. In some cases you can use "Multitude" instead a noun "Gathering", when it comes to topics like group, assemblage.

Nearby Words: gather, gathered, gatherer

Multitude

Multitude noun - A large gathering of people.

Gathering is a synonym for multitude in group topic. Sometimes you can use "Gathering" instead a noun "Multitude", if it concerns topics such as crowd.

Nearby Word: multitudinous

How words are described

large large gathering large multitude
huge huge gathering huge multitude
major major gathering major multitude
larger larger gathering larger multitude
Other adjectives: several.
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