Synonyms for herd
hɜrdherd

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. herd

   Group is the general word for any gathering of a small number of objects, whether of persons, animals, or inanimate things. The individuals in a brood or litter are related to each other; those in the other groups may not be. Brood is used chiefly of fowls and birds, litter of certain quadrupeds which bring forth many young at a birth; we speak of a brood of chickens, a litter of puppies; brood is sometimes applied to a family of young children. Bevy is used of birds, and figuratively of any bright and lively group of women or children, but rarely of men. Flock is applied to birds and to some of the smaller animals; herd is confined to the larger animals; we speak of a bevy of quail, a covey of partridges, a flock of blackbirds, or a flock of sheep, a herd of cattle, horses, buffaloes, or elephants, a pack of wolves, a pack of hounds, a swarm of bees. A collection of animals driven or gathered for driving is called a drove.

   Synonyms:
   bevy, brood, covey, drove, flock, group, hatch, litter, lot, pack, set, swarm

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. herdnoun

   a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans

   Synonyms:
   ruck

2. herdnoun

   a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra

   Synonyms:
   ruck

3. ruck, herdverb

   a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things

   "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"

   Synonyms:
   pucker, ruck

4. herd, crowdverb

   cause to herd, drive, or crowd together

   "We herded the children into a spare classroom"

   Synonyms:
   push, crowd, crowd together

5. herdverb

   move together, like a herd

   Synonyms:
   crowd

6. herdverb

   keep, move, or drive animals

   "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"

   Synonyms:
   crowd

Matched Categories

1. • Animal Group
   • Crowd
   • Keep
   • Move

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. herdnoun

   Synonyms:
   drove (of the larger animals)

2. herdnoun

   Synonyms:
   crowd, rabble, multitude

3. herdverb

   Synonyms:
   associate (as beasts), keep company

4. herdverb

   Synonyms:
   [Pennsylvania.] Red-top (agrostis vulgaris)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. herdnoun

   Synonyms:
   drove, rabble, mob, multitude

   Associated words:
   gregarious, gregal

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "herd":

   flock, horde, clan, livestock, hard, fold, bunch

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1. Loren:

   Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   When the American public hears that, you should be assured that that is the case and if you get an overwhelming majority of the people vaccinated with a highly efficacious vaccine, we can reasonably quickly get into herd immunity that would be a blanket of protection for the country.

3. Howard Koh:

   What's more, pushing for' herd immunity' now would completely upend the months of work United States has done so far in efforts to control the virus, instead of pushing for herd immunity, United States must double down on the public health tools at our disposal -- including universal mask wearing, widespread testing, and contract tracing -- until a vaccine and more effective therapeutics become available.

4. Susie Coston:

   He's not going to be a bull for much longer, unfortunately, he's a bulky boy. If they are not neutered, you run the risk of them breaking into the herd, hurting someone.

5. Patrick Vallance:

   We think this virus is likely to be one that comes back year on year and becomes like a seasonal virus and communities will become immune to it and that's going to be an important part of controlling this longer term, 60% is the sort of figure you need to get herd immunity.