| Main Entry: | entourage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | followers |
Synonyms: |
associates, attendants, companions, company, cortege, court, courtiers, escort, following, groupies, hangers-on, retainers, retinue, staff, suite, sycophants, toadies, train |
Antonyms: |
leader |
| Main Entry: | court |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ruler's attendants |
Synonyms: |
castle, cortege, entourage, hall, lords and ladies, palace, retinue, royal household, staff, suite, train |
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
Synonyms: |
ambiance, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, habitat, hood, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo |
| Notes: | environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found |
| Main Entry: | escort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection; accompaniment |
Synonyms: |
alarm clock, attendant, beau, bird dog, bodyguard, cavalier, chaperon, companion, company, consort, convoy, convoyer, cortege, date, entourage, fellow, friend, gallant, guard, guide, partner, protector, retinue, safeguard, squire, train, warden |
| Main Entry: | following |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | persons of an interest or belief |
Synonyms: |
adherents, audience, circle, clientage, clientele, cortege, coterie, dependents, entourage, fans, group, groupies, hangers-on, patronage, patrons, public, retinue, rout, suite, support, supporters, train |
Antonyms: |
disbelievers |
| Main Entry: | train |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | series |
Synonyms: |
alternation, appendage, caravan, chain, column, concatenation, consecution, convoy, cortege, course, court, entourage, file, following, gradation, line, order, procession, progression, retinue, row, run, scale, sequel, sequence, set, string, succession, suite, tail, thread, tier, track, trail, wake |
| Main Entry: | retainer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | staff |
Synonyms: |
adherents, appliance, attendant, clique, company, cortege, crew, employee, entourage, fee, followers, gang, minion, retinue, servant, train |
| Main Entry: | retinue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | followers |
Synonyms: |
band, cortege, crew, entourage, escort, following, harem, personnel, procession, service, staff, suite, train |
| Main Entry: | locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
Synonyms: |
ambiance, area, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, environs, habitat, hood, jungle*, locale, location, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, vicinity, zoo |
| Main Entry: | mise en scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
Synonyms: |
ambiance, atmosphere, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, habitat, hood, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, world, zoo |