'Horde' definitions:
Definition of 'horde'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Horde'
From: GCIDE
- Horde \Horde\ (h[=o]rd), n. [F. horde (cf. G. horde), fr. Turk. ord[=u], ord[imac], camp; of Tartar origin.]
- 1. A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: Any large group of people or animals, especially one wandering or moving about; as, the movie star was surrounded by a horde of screaming fans. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'horde'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- army,
- assemble,
- bunch,
- bunch up,
- clot,
- cluster,
- cohue,
- collect,
- come together,
- congregate,
- converge,
- copulate,
- couple,
- crowd,
- crush,
- date,
- deluge,
- drove,
- flock,
- flock together,
- flood,
- flow together,
- forgather,
- fuse,
- galaxy,
- gang around,
- gang up,
- gather,
- gather around,
- heap,
- herd together,
- hive,
- host,
- huddle,
- ignobile vulgus,
- jam,
- league,
- legion,
- link,
- many-headed multitude,
- mass,
- meet,
- merge,
- mill,
- mob,
- mobile vulgus,
- multitude,
- muster,
- panoply,
- press,
- push,
- rabble,
- rally,
- rally around,
- rendezvous,
- rout,
- ruck,
- seethe,
- spate,
- squash,
- stream,
- surge,
- swarm,
- the common herd,
- the crowd,
- the great unnumbered,
- the great unwashed,
- the herd,
- the hoi polloi,
- the horde,
- the majority,
- the many,
- the masses,
- the mob,
- the multitude,
- throng,
- unite