crush

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of CRUSH

a strong but often short-lived liking for another person <fondly remembers the crush that she had on a boy one summer long ago>

Synonyms infatuation, mash, passion

Related Words fixation, obsession; affection, devotion, fondness, love; craze, fad, rage, vogue

a great number of persons or creatures massed together <the huge crush in the store must have far exceeded safety limits>

Synonyms army, bike [chiefly Scottish], cram, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, press, rout, scrum, swarm, throng

Related Words masses, millions, rabble, rabblement, riffraff; gaggle; heap, mountain, pile; jam, logjam

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