throng

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

US /θrɔŋ/ UK /θrɒŋ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a large, densely packed crowd; to gather or crowd together

A throng of fans pressed against the barriers to glimpse the star.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a large, densely packed... crowd multitude horde swarm mass mob

Word family

Derived forms throngedthronging

Related forms thring

Etymology

From Old English gethrang ('crowd, tumult'), related to thringan ('to press, crowd'), from Proto-Germanic *thrangwo, from the Proto-Indo-European root *trenk- ('to push, crowd').

gethrang Old English *thrangwo Proto-Germanic *trenk- Proto-Indo-European

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General Vocabulary

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# throng

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /θrɔŋ/
**IPA (UK):** /θrɒŋ/

## Meanings
1. a large, densely packed crowd; to gather or crowd together

## Examples
- A throng of fans pressed against the barriers to glimpse the star.

## Synonyms
- crowd
- multitude
- horde
- swarm
- mass
- mob

## Derived Forms
- thronged
- thronging

## Related Forms
- thring

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: gethrang
- Root: *thrangwo
- Root: *trenk-

## Etymology
From Old English gethrang ('crowd, tumult'), related to thringan ('to press, crowd'), from Proto-Germanic *thrangwo, from the Proto-Indo-European root *trenk- ('to push, crowd').

## AI Etymology
Throng comes from Old English gethrang ('crowd, tumult'), related to thringan ('to press, crowd'), from Proto-Germanic *thrangwo, from the Proto-Indo-European root *trenk- ('to push, crowd'). The form is best read as a historical transfer or inheritance, with its older language material carrying the main semantic load. As a noun and verb, it denotes "a large, densely packed crowd; to gather or crowd together", keeping the historical idea close to its dictionary sense. Relevant historical forms include Old English gethrang, Proto-Germanic *thrangwo, and Proto-Indo-European *trenk-. Derivative forms include thronged, thronging; related words include thring.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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