| Main Entry: | clannish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exclusive, select |
Synonyms: |
akin, alike, associative, cliquish, close, insular, like, narrow, related, reserved, restricting, restrictive, sectarian, unfriendly, unreceptive |
Antonyms: |
friendly, open, welcoming |
| Main Entry: | exclusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unshared, restricted |
Synonyms: |
absolute, aloof, aristocratic, chic, choice, chosen, circumscribed, clannish, classy, cliquish, closed, complete, confined, country club, discriminative, elegant, entire, exclusionary, exclusory, fashionable, full, independent, licensed, limited, narrow, only, particular, peculiar, posh, preferential, private, privileged, prohibitive, restrictive, ritzy, segregated, select, selfish, single, snobbish, socially correct, sole, swank, total, undivided, unique, upper crust, whole |
Antonyms: |
divided, part, partial, shared, unlimited, unrestricted |
| Main Entry: | partisan |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | interested, factional |
Synonyms: |
accessory, adhering, biased, bigoted, blind, cliquish, colored, conspiratorial, denominational, devoted, diehard, exclusive, fanatic, jaundiced, one-sided, overzealous, partial, prejudiced, prepossessed, sectarian, sympathetic, tendentious, unjust, unreasoning, warped, zealous |
Antonyms: |
disinterested |
| Main Entry: | rarefied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exclusive |
Synonyms: |
cliquish, elevated, esoteric, exalted, lofty, private, select |
Antonyms: |
commonplace |
| Main Entry: | sectarian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | narrow-minded, exclusive |
Synonyms: |
bigoted, clannish, cliquish, dissident, doctrinaire, dogmatic, factional, fanatic, fanatical, hidebound, insular, limited, local, nonconforming, nonconformist, parochial, partisan, provincial, rigid, schismatic, skeptical, small-town, splinter |
| Notes: | sectarian means of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects, while secular means not specifically relating to religion or to a religious body or not religious or spiritual in nature |
Antonyms: |
broad, broad-minded, liberal, nonsectarian |
| Main Entry: | swank |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exclusive |
Synonyms: |
absolute, aloof, aristocratic, chic, choice, chosen, circumscribed, clannish, classy, cliquish, closed, complete, confined, country club, discriminative, elegant, entire, exclusionary, exclusory, fancy, fashionable, full, independent, licensed, limited, narrow, only, particular, peculiar, posh, preferential, private, privileged, prohibitive, restrictive, ritzy, segregated, select, selfish, single, snobbish, socially correct, sole, swanky, total*, undivided, unique, upper crust, whole |