mob

1. 1.

   press tightly together or cram

   “The crowd packed the auditorium”

   Synonymsthrongpackpilejam

   Broadercrowd

Other forms of mob

plural

mobs·

past tense or participle

mobbed

present participle

mobbing

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mob

What does mob mean?

mob means "a disorderly crowd of people". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mob?

mob has 1 syllable: mob. In IPA it is /ˈmɑb/.

What is another word for mob?

Close synonyms include rabble, rout, syndicate, crime syndicate, family. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mob a common word?

mob is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.