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| Main Entry: | member |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part of a group |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, associate, branch, chapter, component, comrade, constituent, cut, division, offshoot, parcel, piece, portion, post, representative, section, segment, unit, joiner |
| Main Entry: | member |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appendage |
| Synonyms: | arm, component, constituent, element, extremity, feature, fragment, leg, limb, organ, part, portion, segment |
| Main Entry: | membership |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belonging to organization; those belonging to a group |
| Synonyms: | association, body, club, company, enrollment, group, participation, society, associates, fellows, members |
| Main Entry: | personnel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | employees of business or other enterprise |
| Synonyms: | cadre, corps, crew, faculty, group, human resources, office, organization, people, shop, staff, troop, work force, helpers, members, men and women, troops, workers |
| Notes: | personal means concerning or affecting a particular person; personnel are the people employed by or active in an organization, business, or service |
| Main Entry: | convention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conference |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, assembly, congress, convocation, council, delegation, get together, meet*, meeting, powwow*, rally, show, clambake, confab, delegates, members, representatives |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appendage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | limb; accessory |
| Synonyms: | addendum, addition, adjunct, ancillary, annex, appendix, appurtenance, attachment, auxiliary, extremity, member, projection, protuberance, supplement |
| Antonyms: | body, trunk |
| Main Entry: | arm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | limb, appendage |
| Synonyms: | bender, bough, bow, branch, fin, handle, hook, member, offshoot, projection, prong, rod, stump, wing, biceps, flapper, flipper, triceps, upper arm |
| Main Entry: | branch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | department |
| Synonyms: | annex, arm, bureau, category, chapter, classification, connection, dependency, derivative, division, extension, local, member, office, outpost, part, portion, section, subdivision, subsidiary, tributary, wing, subsection |
| Antonyms: | company |
| Main Entry: | chapter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section of book or group of items |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, branch, clause, division, episode, member, offshoot, part, period, phase, stage, topic, unit, wing |
| Main Entry: | contestant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | competitor |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, aspirant, candidate, challenger, combatant, dark horse*, entrant, favorite, hopeful, member, participant, player, rival, warrior, battler, contender, contester, disputant, scrapper, team member |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion of profit |
| Synonyms: | allotment, allowance, bite, chop*, division, kickback*, lot, member, moiety, part, percentage, piece, quota, section, segment, share, slice, partage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delegate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | representative, often governmental |
| Synonyms: | agent, alternate, ambassador, appointee, catchpole, commissioner, consul, deputy, emissary, envoy, factor, front*, legate, member, member of congress, minister, mouthpiece, nominee, people's choice, pinch hitter, plenipotentiary, proxy, regent, rep, replacement, senator, spokesperson, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, vicar, viceroy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | division |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something produced from separating |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, associate, border, boundary, branch, category, chunk, class, compartment, cut, degree, demarcation, department, divide, dividend, end, fraction, fragment, head, kind, lobe, lump, member, moiety, offshoot, parcel, partition, piece, portion, ramification, section, sector, segment, share, slice, sort, split, subdivision, wedge, divider, dividing line, divvy, grouping, piece of action, rake-off |
| Antonyms: | system, whole |
| Main Entry: | element |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | essential feature |
| Synonyms: | aspect, basic, basis, bit, component, constituent, detail, drop, facet, factor, fundamental, hint, ingredient, item, material, matter, member, part, particle, particular, piece, portion, principle, root, section, stem, subdivision, trace, unit, view |
| Main Entry: | employee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person being paid for working for another or a corporation |
| Synonyms: | agent, apprentice, assistant, attendant, breadwinner*, clerk, cog*, craftsperson, desk jockey*, domestic, hand, help, hired gun*, hireling, laborer, member, operator, plug*, representative, salesperson, servant, slave, worker, blue collar, company person, hired hand, jobholder, pink collar, sales help, staff member, wage-earner, white collar, working stiff |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fellow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | male or female colleague, friend |
| Synonyms: | assistant, associate, cohort, companion, compeer, comrade, concomitant, consort, coordinate, counterpart*, double, duplicate, equal, instructor, lecturer, match, mate, member, partner, peer, professor, reciprocal, twin, confrere, coworker |
| Antonyms: | enemy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | follower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who believes or has great interest |
| Synonyms: | addict, adherent, admirer, advocate, apostle, attendant, backer, believer, buff, client, cohort, companion, convert, copycat, devotee, disciple, fan, freak*, habitué, hanger-on*, helper, imitator, lackey*, member, minion, parasite, participant, partisan, patron, promoter, proselyte, protégé, pupil, representative, satellite, servant, sidekick, stooge*, supporter, sycophant, toady*, vassal, votary, worshiper, zealot, bootlicker, fancier, sectary |
| Antonyms: | leader |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blood relative |
| Synonyms: | affinity, blood, clan, connection, consanguinity, cousin, extraction, family, folk, house, kindred, kinship, lineage, member, people, race, relation, relationship, sibling, stock, tribe, kinsfolk, kinsperson, kith |
| Main Entry: | layperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amateur person, not trained in religious or other profession |
| Synonyms: | believer, dilettante, follower, laic, member, neophyte, nonprofessional, novice, outsider, proselyte, recruit, secular, parishioner |
| Antonyms: | minister, ordained, priest, professional, reverend |
| Main Entry: | leg |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appendage used for support |
| Synonyms: | brace, column, lap, limb, member, part, pile, pole, portion, post, prop, section, segment, shank, stage, stake, stretch, stump, support, upright, stilt |
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