Herd and Horde

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Herd

Herd noun - A great number of persons or things massed together.

Usage example: gearing up for the herd of holiday shoppers at the mall on the day after Thanksgiving

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Horde is a synonym for herd in crowd topic. In some cases you can use "Horde" instead a noun "Herd", when it comes to topics like flock, throng, large group. popular alternative

Nearby Words: herded, herdsman, herder, herding

Horde

Horde noun - A great number of persons or creatures massed together.

Usage example: hordes of shoppers crowding the stores the week before Christmas

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Synonyms for Horde

Herd is a synonym for horde in throng topic. You can use "Herd" instead a noun "Horde". popular alternative

Nearby Words: horded, hording

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dead	dead herd	dead horde
small	small herd	small horde
entire	entire herd	entire horde
massive	massive herd	massive horde
Other adjectives: large, enormous, huge, main, new, vast, larger, oncoming, giant, rampaging, incoming, charging, unstoppable.

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