群衆|ぐんしゅうgunshuu[0]heiban (flat)

1. noungroup (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
   群衆ぐんしゅうが現場げんばに群むらがった。↗

   A crowd gathered at the scene.

• Synonym群集ぐんしゅうWrittenWritten register. Means gathering into a crowd or group, and also a biological community; it can also work as a verb, as in 「群集する」.
• Synonym群れむれNeutralNeutral. A group of people or animals, but mostly used for animals, as in 「羊の群れ」; 「群衆」 is specifically a large crowd of people.
• Synonym一群いちぐんWrittenWritten register. A group, flock or party, and also a broad expanse of flowers; wider in range than 「群衆」, which is people only.
• Synonym群ぐんWrittenWritten register. A gathered group of similar things, mostly used in compounds rather than on its own.
• Synonym人だかりひとだかりCasualColloquial. A crowd of onlookers, as in 「人だかりができる」; the everyday word for a crowd that forms to watch something.
• Synonym大群たいぐんNeutralNeutral. A huge group, mostly of animals, as in 「イナゴの大群」; 「群衆」 is for people.
• SynonymモブNeutralNeutral loanword. A crowd of people, but mostly used for background characters or NPCs in anime, manga and games.
• RelatedグループNeutralNeutral. An organized small group or team; 「群衆」 refers to a large mass of people gathered in one place, not an organized unit.
• Related集まりあつまりNeutralNeutral. A gathering or meeting, as in 「人の集まり」 or 「親戚の集まり」; 「群衆」 is specifically a large crowd of people.
• Related一団いちだんNeutralNeutral. A party or band of people, as in 「観光客の一団」; smaller in scale than 「群衆」 and moving or acting together.
• RelatedマスNeutralNeutral loanword. The masses or a large quantity; mostly appears as the first element of compounds such as 「マスメディア」.
• Related集団しゅうだんNeutralNeutral. A general word for a group of people or things, organized or not, as in 「集団生活」; 「群衆」 specifically means a large crowd gathered in one place.
• Related群むらWrittenWritten register. A gathered group of similar things, mostly used in compounds rather than on its own.
• Related群がりむらがりNeutralNeutral. Swarming or crowding together, often of insects or people; stresses the state of gathering rather than the crowd itself.
• Related一群れひとむれNeutralNative Japanese word. A group or flock, and also a wide expanse of flowers in bloom.
• Related人立ちひとだちNeutralNeutral but rare. People gathered and standing around watching; in everyday speech 「人だかり」 is the usual word.
• Related蝟集いしゅうWrittenWritten and rare. Things crowding together as densely as hedgehog bristles; much more literary than 「群衆」.
• Antonym一個人いっこじんNeutralAntonym. A single individual in a private capacity, outside any organization; the opposite of being part of a crowd.
• Antonym無人むじんNeutralAntonym. Having no people present — unmanned, unattended or deserted; the opposite of a place crowded with people.

Use 「群衆」 for a large mass of people gathered in one place, as in 「群衆心理」. For a crowd of onlookers say 「人だかり」; for people or things grouped together in general, 「集団」; for an organized small group or team, 「グループ」; for flocks or herds of animals, 「群れ」. 「群集」 and 「一群」 are written-style, 「モブ」 is for background characters in anime and games, 「一団」 a party acting together, 「大群」 a huge swarm of animals, and 「一個人」 and 「無人」 are opposites.

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1. 群集ぐんしゅうした大勢おおぜいの人ひと。