'Bevy' definitions:
Definition of 'bevy'
From: WordNet
noun
A large gathering of people of a particular type; "he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire"; "a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him"
noun
A flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground); "we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks"
Definition of 'Bevy'
From: GCIDE
- Bevy \Bev"y\, n.; pl. Bevies. [Perhaps orig. a drinking company, fr. OF. bev['e]e (cf. It. beva) a drink, beverage; then, perh., a company in general, esp. of ladies; and last applied by sportsmen to larks, quails, etc. See Beverage.]
- 1. A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies. [1913 Webster]
- What a bevy of beaten slaves have we here ! --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bevy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a mass of,
- a world of,
- age group,
- army,
- assembly,
- band,
- battalion,
- body,
- brigade,
- bunch,
- cabal,
- cast,
- charm,
- clique,
- cloud,
- cluster,
- clutter,
- cohort,
- company,
- complement,
- contingent,
- corps,
- coterie,
- covey,
- crew,
- crowd,
- detachment,
- detail,
- division,
- faction,
- fleet,
- flight,
- flock,
- flocks,
- gaggle,
- gang,
- group,
- grouping,
- groupment,
- hail,
- hive,
- host,
- in-group,
- jam,
- junta,
- large amount,
- legion,
- lots,
- many,
- masses of,
- mob,
- movement,
- muchness,
- multitude,
- murmuration,
- nest,
- numbers,
- out-group,
- outfit,
- pack,
- party,
- peer group,
- phalanx,
- plague,
- platoon,
- plurality,
- posse,
- quantities,
- quite a few,
- regiment,
- rout,
- ruck,
- salon,
- scores,
- set,
- shoal,
- skein,
- spring,
- squad,
- stable,
- string,
- swarm,
- team,
- throng,
- tidy sum,
- tribe,
- troop,
- troupe,
- watch,
- wing,
- worlds of