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| Main Entry: |
crew
 [kroo] 
|
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group working together |
| Synonyms: | aggregation, assemblage, band, bevy, bunch, cluster, collection, company, complement, congregation, corps, covey, crowd, faction, gang, hands, herd, horde, lot, mob, organization, pack, party, posse, retinue, sailors, sect, set, squad, swarm, team, troop, troupe, workers, working party |
| Main Entry: | affiliation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | association with an organization |
| Synonyms: | alliance, amalgamation, banding together, bunch, cahoots, clan, coalition, combination, confederation, conjunction, connection, crew, crowd, gang, hookup, incorporation, joining, league, merging, mob, outfit, partnership, relationship, ring, syndicate, tie-in, union |
| Main Entry: | aid/aide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who helps |
| Synonyms: | abettor, adjutant, aide-de-camp, assistant, attendant, coadjutant, coadjutor, crew, crewman, deputy, helper, lieutenant, second, supporter |
Example Sentences
- They say they fired warning shots over the heads of the crew.
- As the crew struggles to cool the reactor, deadly radiation is spreading through the sub.
- Wagoner says were useful both in production and as a tool for recruiting cast and crew members.
| Main Entry: | assembly |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | congregation |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, association, band, body, bunch, clambake, cluster, coffee klatch, collection, company, conclave, confab, conference, convocation, council, crew, crowd, faction, flock, gathering, get-together, group, huddle, mass, meet*, meeting, multitude, rally, sit-in, throng, turnout |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | band |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of people with same interest |
| Synonyms: | assembly, association, bevy, body, bunch, clique, club, cluster, collection, company, corps, coterie, covey, crew, gang, gathering, horde, menagerie, outfit, party, society, troop, troupe |
| Main Entry: | bevy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swarm |
| Synonyms: | assembly, band, bunch, cluster, collection, company, covey, crew, crowd, flight, flock, gathering, group, pack, party, troupe |
| Antonyms: | individual, one |
| Main Entry: | bluster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bully, intimidate |
| Synonyms: | badger, boast, brag, brazen, browbeat, bulldoze, cow*, crow*, domineer, gloat, hector, rant, rave, ride the high horse, roar, roister, shoot off one's mouth, show off, storm, strut, swagger, swell, talk big, vapor, vaunt, yap |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brag |
| Synonyms: | advertise, aggrandize, attract attention, blow, blow one's own horn, blow smoke, bluster, bully, cock-a-doodle-doo, con, congratulate oneself, crow, exaggerate, exult, fake, flatter oneself, flaunt, flourish, gasconade, give a good account of oneself, gloat, glory, grandstand, hug oneself, jive, lay on thick, prate, preen, psych, puff, shoot*, shovel, show off, showboat, shuck, sling, sound off, strut, swagger, talk big, triumph, vapor |
| Antonyms: | be modest, deprecate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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