Meanings
- idiomaticIn large numbers, or great crowds.
Viewers are switching off news and current affairs programmes in droves with shows such as Panorama, Tonight with Trevor McDonald and even Watchdog failing to connect with audiences, a new report claims.
2002 October 31, Owen Gibson, “TV audiences desert news in droves”, in The Guardian1 more example
The difference to 2020 has been marked. People have returned to the railway in their droves, far faster than the pessimists predicted - especially this year, now that international travel restrictions have been lifted, bringing back foreign tourism.
2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 79Synonyms: in spades
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseIn large numbers, or great crowds.
Translations
Catalan a dojo
- a dojoto excess
Dutch in overvloed, te over
- in overvloedto excess
- te overto excess
- bij de vleetto excess
- in groten getaleto excess
Esperanto amase
- amaseto excess
French à la pelle, en nombre
- à la pelleto excess
- en nombreto excess
- en grand nombreto excess
German in höchstem Maße
- in höchstem Maßeto excess
Hungarian tömegesen
- tömegesento excess
Italian in abbondanza, in quantità
- in abbondanzato excess
- in quantitàto excess
- in gran numeroto excess
- a frotteto excess
Polish od groma
- od gromato excess
Portuguese aos borbotões, em penca
- aos borbotõesto excess
- em pencato excess
Russian толпами, сполна
- толпами (tolpami)to excess
- сполна (spolna)to excess
Spanish a raudales, a mansalva
- a raudalesto excess
- a mansalvato excess
- a porrilloto excess
- a punta palato excess
- a patadasto excess
- con crecesto excess
Turkish fazlasıyla, ziyadesiyle
- fazlasıylato excess
- ziyadesiyleto excess
Cite this entry
in droves. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20droves
“in droves.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20droves. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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