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| 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: | mob |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come upon by pushing; surround |
| Synonyms: | attack, cram, crowd, fill, hustle, jam, jostle, overrun, pack, riot, swarm, throng, set upon |
| Antonyms: | avoid, ignore, shun, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | affiliation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | association with an organization |
| Synonyms: | alliance, bunch, cahoots*, clan, coalition, combination, conjunction, connection, crew, crowd, gang, incorporation, league, mob, outfit, partnership, relationship, ring, syndicate, union, amalgamation, banding together, confederation, hookup, joining, merging, tie-in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bunch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection of something |
| Synonyms: | agglomeration, assemblage, assortment, band, batch, bevy, blob, bouquet, bundle, chunk, clump, cluster, covey, crew, crowd, fascicle, flock, galaxy, gang, gathering, group, heap, host, hunk, knot, lot, mass, mess, mob, multitude, number, oodles*, pack, parcel, party, pile, quantity, shock, spray, stack, swarm, team, thicket, troop, tuft, caboodle, passel, sheaf, shebang, shooting match |
| Antonyms: | individual, one |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cartel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group which shares business interest |
| Synonyms: | bunch*, chain, combine, conglomerate, corporation, crew*, crowd*, gang*, mob*, monopoly, multinational*, outfit*, pool, ring*, syndicate, trust, consortium, holding company, megacorp, plunderbund |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family, clique |
| Synonyms: | association, band, bunch, club, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, faction, folks, gang, group, house, mob, moiety, organization, outfit, race, ring, sect, set, society, sodality, stock, tribe, insiders, kinfolks |
| 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: | confluence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming together |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, assembly, concourse, concurrence, convergence, crowd, gathering, host, junction, meeting, mob, multitude, union, concursion, conflux |
| Main Entry: | corporation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business organization, usually large |
| Synonyms: | association, bunch, business, clan, company, crew, crowd, enterprise, gang, jungle*, mob, multinational, outfit, partnership, ring, shell, society, syndicate, zoo, corporate body, hookup, legal entity, megacorp, octopus* |
| 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: | council |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | people assembled for purpose |
| Synonyms: | assembly, board, body, brain trust*, cabinet, chamber, clan, committee, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, diet, gang, gathering, huddle*, kitchen cabinet*, meet, ministry, mob, outfit, panel, parliament, powwow*, ring, synod, confab, directorate, governing body, groupthink, official family, senate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crew |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group working together |
| Synonyms: | aggregation, assemblage, band, bevy, bunch, cluster, collection, company, complement, congregation, corps, covey, crowd, faction, gang, herd, horde, lot, mob, organization, pack, party, posse, retinue, sect, set, squad, swarm, team, troop, troupe, hands, sailors, workers, working party |
| Main Entry: | drove |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large gathering |
| Synonyms: | collection, company, crowd, crush, drive, flock, herd, horde, mob, multitude, pack, press, rout, run, swarm, throng |
| Main Entry: | federation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | partnership, organization |
| Synonyms: | alliance, association, bunch, coalition, combination, confederacy, crew, crowd, entente, family, gang, league, mob, outfit, pool, ring, syndicate, tribe, union, amalgamation, federacy, syndication |
| Main Entry: | firm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business |
| Synonyms: | association, bunch, company, concern, conglomerate, corporation, crew, crowd, enterprise, gang, house, mob, multinational, organization, outfit, partnership, ring, megacorp |
| Main Entry: | herd |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large group |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, bevy, brood, clan, collection, covey, crowd, crush, drift, drove, flight, flock, gathering, hoi polloi*, horde, lot, mass, mob, multitude, nest, pack, people, populace, press, rabble, school, swarm, throng, gaggle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | horde |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncontrolled throng, pack |
| Synonyms: | band, crew, crowd, crush, drove, gang, gathering, host, jam, mob, multitude, press, push, squash, swarm, troop, turnout, everybody, wall-to-wall |
| Main Entry: | masses |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public, crowd |
| Synonyms: | common people, hoi polloi*, lower class, mob, multitude, proletariat, rabble, rank and file*, riffraff*, commonalty, great unwashed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | multitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large group |
| Synonyms: | aggregation, army, assemblage, assembly, collection, concourse, congregation, crowd, crush, drove, heap, herd, horde, host, infinity, jam*, legion, lot, lots*, majority, mass, mob, much, myriad, number, ocean*, oodles*, people, plurality, populace, proletariat, public, push*, quantity, sea, swarm, throng, turnout, commonalty, great number, infinitude, loads, numbers, plenitude, scores, slew |
| Antonyms: | handful, portion, single, zero |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | organized crime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coordinated criminal organization |
| Synonyms: | Cosa Nostra, Mafia, mob, Black Hand, gangland, organized crime family, the Syndicate, the mob, the rackets, the syndicate, the underworld |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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