Mob
Mob noun - A great number of persons or creatures massed together.
Usage example: a mob of pigeons soon flocked around us after they spied the bread crumbs
Rabble is a synonym for mob in crowd topic. In some cases you can use "Rabble" instead the word "Mob" as a noun or an adjective, when it comes to topics like people, masses, hoi polloi, large group of people. popular alternative
Nearby Word: mobster
Rabble
Rabble noun - People looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class.
Usage example: the crown prince was reminded that even the rabble of the realm deserved his attention and compassion
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Rabble Rouser: At a town meeting one of the townspeople tries to stir up a lynch mob against the newest Baron Frankenstein.Townsman: He's a Frankenstein!
Source: Film / Young Frankenstein - The panicked mob of skull masks were indeed just a group of rabble.
Source: Curb Stomp Battle / Literature -
Rabble Rouser: An angry mob arrives at the police station to enact justice on the guy who's been wrongfully accused of killing several children.
Source: Literature / Black House
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