horde C2+ Topic:People & Society US /hɔrd/ UK /hɔːd/ See IPA manual Homophones hoard /hɔrd/ Meanings 1 noun a large, often unruly crowd or group A horde of tourists descended on the tiny village. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a large, often unruly crowd... crowdthrongswarmmobmultitudehostpackarmy Etymology AI details From Polish horda or German Horde, ultimately from Turkic ordu/orda ('camp, royal court, army'), the source also of Urdu via Persian. horda Polish ordu Turkic View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # horde **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /hɔrd/ **IPA (UK):** /hɔːd/ ## Meanings 1. a large, often unruly crowd or group ## Examples - A horde of tourists descended on the tiny village. ## Synonyms - crowd - throng - swarm - mob - multitude - host - pack - army ## Roots and Affixes - Root: horda - Root: ordu ## Etymology From Polish horda or German Horde, ultimately from Turkic ordu/orda ('camp, royal court, army'), the source also of Urdu via Persian. ## AI Etymology Horde comes from Polish horda or German Horde, ultimately from Turkic ordu/orda ('camp, royal court, army'), the source also of Urdu via Persian. The form preserves a compact historical development in which the older wording and the present sense remain closely connected. As a noun, it denotes "a large, often unruly crowd or group", keeping the historical idea close to its dictionary sense. Relevant historical forms include Polish horda and Turkic ordu. ## Topics - People & Society markdown