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| Main Entry: | clique |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of friends |
| Synonyms: | Mafia, bunch, cabal, camp, circle, clan, club, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, faction, gang, lobby, mob, organization, outfit, pack, posse, ring, set, society, camarilla, in-group, insiders |
| Main Entry: | brotherhood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | association |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, clan, clique, community, confederacy, coterie, fellowship, fraternity, guild, kinship, league, society, union, comradeship |
| Antonyms: | sisterhood |
| Main Entry: | gang |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group, mob of people |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, band, bunch, circle, clan, clique, club, cluster, company, coterie, crew, crowd, herd, horde, knot, lot, organization, outfit, pack, party, posse, ring, set, shift, squad, syndicate, team, tribe, troop, troupe, zoo, combo, workers |
| Main Entry: | group |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | number of individuals collectively |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, assembly, association, assortment, band, batch, battery, bevy, body, bunch, bundle, cartel, category, chain, circle, class, clique, clot, club, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, combination, combine, company, conglomerate, congregation, coterie, covey, crew, crowd, faction, formation, gang, gathering, grade, league, lot, mess, organization, pack, parcel, party, platoon, pool, posse, set, society, sort, suite, syndicate, troop, trust, passel, shooting match |
| Main Entry: | mob |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large group of people |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, body, cabal, camp, canaille, cattle, circle, clan, class, clique, collection, company, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, drove, flock, gang, gathering, herd, horde, host, jam, lot, mass, masses, multitude, pack, populace, posse, press, proletariat, rabble, riffraff*, ring, riot, scum, set, swarm, throng, troop, commonality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | partnership |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alliance; participation |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, assistance, association, band, body, brotherhood, business, cahoots*, cartel, clique, club, combination, combine, community, companionship, company, conglomerate, conjunction, connection, cooperation, cooperative, corporation, coterie, crew, faction, firm, fraternity, friendship, gang, help, house, interest, lodge, mob, organization, ownership, party, ring, sharing, sisterhood, society, sorority, togetherness, union, chumminess, consociation, hookup, joining, tie-up |
| Notes: | a corporation is the name used in the United States for a business association established by one or more people who later sell shares in the corporation to investors; in a partnership, there are one or more owners who share jointly in the profits, liability |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | association |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group with common interest or pursuit |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, band, bunch, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, company, confederacy, congress, cooperative, corporation, crew, crowd, family, federation, fellowship, fraternity, gang, guild, league, mob, order, organization, outfit, partnership, pool, ring, society, sodality, sorority, syndicate, tribe, troupe, union, zoo, combo, confederation, hookup, rat pack, tie-in, tie-up, troops |
| Main Entry: | company |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crowd of people |
| Synonyms: | aggregation, assemblage, assembly, association, band, body, circle, clan, clique, club, collection, community, concourse, congregation, convention, corps, cortege, coterie, crew, ensemble, gang*, gathering, group, horde, jungle*, league, mob*, muster, order, outfit, pack, party, retinue, ring, set, team, throng, troop, troupe, turnout, zoo, ruck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crowd |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large assembly |
| Synonyms: | army, array, blowout, bunch, cattle, circle, clique, cloud, cluster, company, concourse, confluence, congregation, coterie, crew, crush, deluge, drove, faction, flock, flood, group, herd, horde, host, jam, legion, lot, mass, masses, meet, mob, multitude, muster, organization, pack, party, people, posse, press, rabble, rank and file*, set, stream, surge, swarm, throng, troupe, tumult, conflux, congeries, gaggle, great unwashed, scores, sellout |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cult |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group sharing belief |
| Synonyms: | band, body, church, clan, clique, creed, denomination, faction, faith, following, party, persuasion, religion, school, sect |
| Main Entry: | faction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group sharing a belief or cause |
| Synonyms: | band, bloc, bunch, cabal, camp, caucus, cell, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, combine, concern, conclave, confederacy, conspiracy, contingent, coterie, crew, crowd, design, division, entente, gang, guild, intrigue, junta, knot, lobby, machine, minority, mob, network, offshoot, outfit, partnership, party, pressure group, ring, schism, sect, section, sector, set, side, splinter group, team, unit, wing, combo, insiders |
| Antonyms: | entirety, total, whole |
| Main Entry: | band |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of people with same interest |
| Synonyms: | assembly, association, bevy, body, bunch, clique, club, cluster, collection, company, corps, coterie, covey, crew, gang, gathering, horde, menagerie, outfit, party, society, troop, troupe |
| Main Entry: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of close friends, associates |
| Synonyms: | Mafia, assembly, bunch, cabal, camp, clan, class, clique, club, company, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, fraternity, gang, lot, mob, outfit, party, posse, ring, school, set, society, sorority, camarilla, companions, comrades, cronies, in-group, insiders, intimates |
| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | societal group, background |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, birth, breed, caliber, caste, circle, clan, clique, club, company, condition, connection, coterie, degree, derivation, descent, estate, extraction, family, genealogy, grade, hierarchy, influence, league, lineage, moiety, nobility, origin, pecking order*, pedigree, pigeonhole*, place, position, prestige, quality, sect, source, sphere, standing, state, station, status, stock, strain, stratum, tier, title, bourgeoisie, cultural level, intelligentsia, social rank, the right stuff |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | club |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social organization |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, association, bunch, circle, clique, company, crew, faction, gang, guild, hangout*, league, lodge, meeting, mob, order, outfit, ring, set, society, sodality, stamping ground*, union |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | combination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alliance, association |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, bloc, cabal, cahoots, cartel, circle, clique, club, coalition, combine, compound, confederacy, conjunction, connection, consolidation, conspiracy, coterie, faction, federation, gang, guild, mafia, merger, partnership, party, pool, ring, set, syndicate, trust, unification, union, camarilla, coadunation, confederation, consortium, hookup, melding, mergence, merging, tie-up* |
| Antonyms: | dissolution, separation, disunion, severance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crowd |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | special group of friends |
| Synonyms: | bunch, circle, clique, coterie, faction, group, lot, posse, push, set, in-crowd |
| Main Entry: | knot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lump; crowd |
| Synonyms: | aggregation, assemblage, assortment, band, bunch, circle, clique, clump, cluster, collection, company, crew, gang, gathering, group, heap, mass, mob, pack, pile, set, squad, swarm, tuft |
| Main Entry: | organization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group bound by interest/work/ goal |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, aggregation, alliance, association, band, body, business, cartel, circle, clique, club, coalition, combination, combine, company, concern, concord, cooperative, corporation, coterie, crew, establishment, federation, fraternity, guild, house, industry, institute, institution, league, lodge, machine, monopoly, order, outfit, party, profession, set, society, sodality, sorority, squad, syndicate, team, trade, troupe, trust, union, confederation, consortium |
| Main Entry: | outfit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large group; business |
| Synonyms: | band, clique, company, concern, corps, coterie, crew, enterprise, establishment, firm, house, organization, party, set, squad, team, troop, troupe, unit |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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