mob

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of MOB

a great number of persons or creatures massed together <a mob of pigeons soon flocked around us after they spied the bread crumbs>

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

a group involved in secret or criminal activities <the club owner was accused of having connections with a mob of racketeers>

Synonyms cabal, conspiracy, crew, gang, Mafia, mob, syndicate

Related Words bunch, circle, clan, clique, coterie, coven, crowd, galère, lot, network, pack, set; junta, oligarchy

the body of the community as contrasted with the elite <political speeches designed to appeal to the mob>

Synonyms commoners, commons, crowd, herd, hoi polloi, millions, mob, multitude, people, plebeians, plebs, populace, public, rank and file

Related Words cattle, proletariat, rabble, rabblement, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rout, scum, tag, rag, and bobtail (or tagrag and bobtail), trash, unwashed; bourgeoisie, middle class

Near Antonyms gentility, gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), gentry, haute monde, nobility, patriciate, peerage, quality, royalty, society

Antonyms A-list, aristocracy, best, choice, corps d'elite, cream, elect, elite, fat, flower, pick, pink, pride, upper crust

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