| Main Entry: | junta |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | council |
Synonyms: |
assembly, cabal, committee, convention, coterie, faction, government, tribunal |
| 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, combo, concern, conclave, confederacy, conspiracy, contingent, coterie, crew, crowd, design, division, entente, gang, guild, insiders, 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 |
| Notes: | a faction is a group of people forming a cohesive, usually contentious, minority from within a larger group; a fraction is a small part or item of something forming a piece of a whole |
Antonyms: |
entirety, total, whole |
| Main Entry: | party |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group supporting certain beliefs |
Synonyms: |
alliance, association, bloc, body, cabal, clique, coalition, combination, combine, confederacy, coterie, electorate, faction, grouping, junta, league, ring, sect, set, side, union |
| Main Entry: | ring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group participating together |
Synonyms: |
Mafia, association, band, bloc, bunch, cabal, camp, cartel, cell, circle, clan, clique, coalition, combination, combine, corner, coterie, crew, crowd, faction, gang, in-group, junta, junto, knot, mob, monopoly, organization, outfit, party, pool, push, racket, syndicate, troop, troupe, trust |
| Concept: | Party. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional antagonism |
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-nouns
party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band, horde, posse, phalanx; family, clan, [more]; team; tong., community, body, fellowship, sodality, solidarity; confraternity; familistere, familistery; brotherhood, sisterhood., knot, gang, clique, ring, circle; coterie, club, casino; machine; Tammany, Tammany Hall [U.S.]., corporation, corporate body, guild; establishment, company; copartnership, partnership; firm, house; joint concern, joint-stock company; cahoot, combine [U.S.], trust., society, association; institute, institution; union; trades union; league, syndicate, alliance, Verein, Bund, Zollverein, combination; Turnverein; league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive; coalition; federation; confederation, confederacy; junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue; freemasonry; party spirit (cooperation)., Confederates, Conservatives, Democrats, Federalists, Federals, Freemason, Knight Templar; Ku Klux Klan, KKK; Liberals, Luddites, Republicans, Socialists, Tories, Whigs, staff; dramatis personae.
-verbs
unite, join; club together (cooperate); cement a party, form a party; associate (assemble); enleague, federalize, go cahoots.
-adjectives
in league, in partnership, in alliance, in cahoots., bonded together, banded together, linked (joined) [more] together; embattled; confederated, federative, joint.
-adverbs
hand in hand, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, en masse, in the same boat.
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