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mass

noun

1 a thick soggy mass of fallen leaves:

pile, heap, stack, clump, cloud, bunch, bundle, lump;

concentration, conglomeration, accumulation, aggregation, concretion, accretion, assemblage, collection, stockpile, build-up;

rare amassment.

2 a mass of cyclists:

large number, abundance, profusion, multitude, group, crowd, mob, rabble, horde, barrage, throng, huddle, host, troop, army, herd, flock, drove, swarm, pack, press, crush, mountain, flood.

3 the mass of people voted against:

majority, larger part/number, greater part/number, best/better part, major part, most, bulk, main body, preponderance, almost all, lion's share.

4 (the masses)

the common people, the populace, the public, the people, the multitude, the rank and file, the crowd, the commonalty, the commonality, the third estate, the plebeians;

derogatory the hoi polloi, the mob, the proletariat, the common herd, the rabble, the riff-raff, the canaille, the great unwashed, the ragtag (and bobtail), the proles, the plebs.

▷antonyms elite, oligarchy.

5 one tenth of the mass of the star:

weight, size, magnitude, bulk, dimensions, capacity, density, extent, scope, greatness, bigness, hugeness, amount, matter.

adjective

mass hysteria:

wholesale, universal, widespread, general, large-scale, extensive, pandemic.

verb

both countries began massing troops in the region:

accumulate, assemble, amass, collect, gather, gather together, draw together, join together;

marshal, muster, round up, mobilize, rally.

▷antonyms disperse, disband.

mass Oxford Dictionary of English