Rout
Rout noun - A great number of persons or creatures massed together.
Usage example: a great rout of rubberneckers had gathered around the scene of the accident
Throng
Throng noun - A great number of persons or creatures massed together.
Usage example: grabbed a megaphone and addressed the vast throng
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