Nearby Words
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | company |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social friend, guest |
| Synonyms: | boarder, caller, companionship, cortege, party, presence, retinue, society, visitor |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | procession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parade, sequence |
| Synonyms: | advance, autocade, cavalcade, column, consecution, cortege, course, cycle, file, march, motorcade, movement, order, process, run, series, string, succession, train |
| Notes: | a choir entering a church is a procession; leaving is a recession |
| Main Entry: | suite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entourage of people |
| Synonyms: | array, attendants, batch, body, clutch, cortege, court, escort, faculty, followers, group, lot, retainers, retinue, servants, set, staff, train |
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