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cliquish

[klee-kish, klik-ish] / ˈkli kɪʃ, ˈklɪk ɪʃ /
ADJECTIVE
clannish
Synonyms
WEAK
akin alike associative close insular like narrow related reserved restricting restrictive sectarian unfriendly unreceptive
Antonyms
WEAK
friendly open welcoming
ADJECTIVE
exclusive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
absolute chic exclusionary fashionable licensed limited posh private privileged restrictive ritzy segregated sole swank unique
STRONG
choice chosen entire full independent narrow particular single total whole
WEAK
aloof aristocratic circumscribed clannish classy closed complete confined country club discriminative elegant exclusory only peculiar preferential prohibitive select selfish snobbish socially correct undivided upper crust
Antonyms
STRONGEST
old-fashioned open poor public unfashionable
STRONG
incomplete inferior part partial
WEAK
divided shared unlimited unrestricted
ADJECTIVE
partisan
Synonyms
STRONGEST
biased one-sided sectarian sympathetic unjust
STRONG
accessory blind colored die-hard exclusive fanatic partial
WEAK
adhering bigoted conspiratorial denominational devoted jaundiced overzealous prejudiced prepossessed tendentious unreasoning warped zealous
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fair unbiased
WEAK
disinterested
ADJECTIVE
rarefied
Synonyms
STRONGEST
esoteric exalted lofty
STRONG
elevated select
WEAK
private
Antonyms
WEAK
commonplace
ADJECTIVE
sectarian
Synonyms
STRONGEST
factional parochial partisan
STRONG
dissident doctrinaire fanatic limited local nonconformist provincial splinter
WEAK
bigoted clannish dogmatic fanatical hidebound insular nonconforming rigid schismatic skeptical small-town
Antonyms
STRONG
conforming
WEAK
broad broad-minded liberal nonsectarian
ADJECTIVE
swank
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chic elegant fancy fashionable posh ritzy swanky
STRONG
absolute choice chosen circumscribed closed complete confined entire full independent licensed limited narrow particular private privileged segregated select single sole total whole
WEAK
aloof aristocratic clannish classy country club discriminative exclusionary exclusory only peculiar preferential prohibitive restrictive selfish snobbish socially correct undivided unique upper crust
Antonyms
STRONGEST
old-fashioned poor unfashionable
STRONG
deficient dependent imperfect incomplete indefinite inferior needy open part partial public together unfinished unlimited unrestricted

Example Sentences

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Had he been unaware of a sometimes cliquish and toxic office culture, with another top aide, Chief of Staff Ana Guerrero, dishing out Facebook insults against prominent politicos?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022

The cliquish culture of private aviation is no friend to the climate, either.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022

Comics are very cliquish, so you get in a clique with the people you think are funny.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2021

In 2015, after a number of departures, Fortune published an article in which former employees complained about a cliquish, “mean girls” corporate culture.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 15, 2018

Any system, in fact, which involves “double election” tends to make the body concerned hidebound and cliquish.

From Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day by Robbins, Alfred Farthing