Synonyms for horde

Most common

crowd · legion · flock · throng · battalion

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.

2. n. 2

   A large number of people or things.

   We were beset by a horde of street vendors who thought we were tourists and would buy their cheap souvenirs.

Related words

Phrases

yellow horde

Forms

Plural

hordes → legions, crowds, throngs, hosts…

Example sentences

• crowd The crowd protested against racial discrimination.
• legion Members of the Legion committed horrible crimes.
• flock The hunter aimed a shotgun at the flock of birds.
• throng He was surrounded by a throng of reporters.
• battalion That battalion over there? It's just cannon fodder.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

band¹, host¹, herd¹

5 letters

crowd¹, drove¹, flock¹, swarm¹

6 letters

legion², throng¹

9 letters

battalion³, multitude³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (legion² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

horde

Deutsch

Horde