throng

Other forms of throng

plural

throngs·

past tense

thronged·

present participle

thronging·

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 throng

What does throng mean?

throng means "a large gathering of people". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in throng?

throng has 1 syllable: throng. In IPA it is /ˈθɹɔŋ/.

What is another word for throng?

Close synonyms include multitude, concourse, mob, pack, pile. 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 throng a common word?

throng is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.