Host and Press

Host

Host noun - A great number of persons or creatures massed together.
Usage example: a host of people of all faiths gathered in St. Peter's Square to see the Pope
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Synonyms for Host

Press is a synonym for host in crowd topic. In some cases you can use "Press" instead a noun "Host".

Nearby Words: hosted, hostess, hosting

Press

Press noun - A great number of persons or creatures massed together.
Usage example: he pushed his way through the press of people outside the courthouse

Host is a synonym for press in crowd topic. Sometimes you can use "Host" instead a noun "Press", if it concerns topics such as horde.

Nearby Words: pressed, pressing, pressroom

How words are described

human human host human press
old old host old press
good good host good press
better better host better press
Other adjectives: single, popular, actual, huge, bad, new, final, mysterious, local.

Common collocations

game host game press game

Both words in one sentence

  • I Just Want to Have Friends It's only when her friends try to host a beer party at the Keatons, and they also press their luck by trying to make her spurn her friend, that these aren't the friends she wants to have, and is best off with that nerdy, unspectacular friend.
  • His fame after that earned a host of other nicknames by the eager press, too long to write here, but just two of those would be "Jupiter's Lightning" and "Neptune's Trident".
  • Film / The Host Word of God says: "It's a stretch to simplify The Host as an anti-American film, but there is certainly a metaphor and political commentary about the U.S." This is probably why North Korea permitted the release of the movie and had good press about it.
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