Prease

Pronunciation: /pɹiˈsɛ/

Prease (noun)

  1. An old term for a crowd or group of people.

Examples

  • The prease was filled with lively chatter.
  • A prease of villagers gathered in the square.

Common collocations: join the prease, lively prease, prease of people

Synonyms of Prease

Formal

Neutral

Informal

Antonyms of Prease

  • when describing the absence of a crowd