| Main Entry: | zoo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parklike area in where animals are housed for exhibition |
Synonyms: |
menagerie, wildlife park, zoological garden |
| Main Entry: | zoo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crowded, wild, and chaotic place |
Synonyms: |
asylum, circus, madhouse, shambles, three-ring circus |
| Main Entry: | activity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | special interest or pursuit |
Synonyms: |
act, avocation, bag*, ballgame, bit*, deed, endeavor, enterprise, entertainment, game, hobby, job, labor, occupation, pastime, project, racket, scene*, scheme, stunt, task, trip, undertaking, venture, work, zoo |
Antonyms: |
hate |
| Main Entry: | association |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group with common interest or pursuit |
Synonyms: |
affiliation, alliance, band, bunch, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, combo, company, confederacy, confederation, congress, cooperative, corporation, crew, crowd, family, federation, fellowship, fraternity, gang, guild, hookup, league, mob, order, organization, outfit, partnership, pool, rat pack, ring, society, sodality, sorority, syndicate, tie-in, tie-up, tribe, troops, troupe, union, zoo |
| Main Entry: | company |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crowd of people |
Synonyms: |
aggregation, assemblage, assembly, association, band, body, circle, clan, clique, club, collection, community, concourse, congregation, convention, corps, cortege, coterie, crew, ensemble, gang*, gathering, group, horde, jungle*, league, mob*, muster, order, outfit, pack, party, retinue, ring, ruck, set, team, throng, troop, troupe, turnout, zoo |
| Main Entry: | concern |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business, responsibility |
Synonyms: |
affair, burden, care, charge, company, corporation, deportment, entanglement, enterprise, establishment, field, firm, house, interest, involvement, job, jungle*, matter, megacorp, mission, multinational, occupation, organization, outfit, shooting match, task, thing, transaction, worry, zoo |
| Main Entry: | corporation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business organization, usually large |
Synonyms: |
association, bunch, business, clan, company, corporate body, crew, crowd, enterprise, gang, hookup, jungle*, legal entity, megacorp, mob, multinational, octopus, outfit, partnership, ring, shell, society, syndicate, zoo |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | gang |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group, mob of people |
Synonyms: |
assemblage, band, bunch, circle, clan, clique, club, cluster, combo, company, coterie, crew, crowd, herd, horde, knot, lot, organization, outfit, pack, party, posse, ring, set, shift, squad, syndicate, team, tribe, troop, troupe, workers, zoo |
| Main Entry: | jungle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wilderness full of plant and animal life |
Synonyms: |
boscage, bush, chaparral, forest, labyrinth, maze, morass, primeval forest, tangle, undergrowth, wasteland, web, wood, zoo |