| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group which shares business interest |
| Synonyms: | bunch*, chain, combine, conglomerate, consortium, corporation, crew*, crowd*, gang*, holding company, megacorp, mob*, monopoly, multinational, outfit*, plunderbund, pool, ring*, syndicate, trust |
| Main Entry: | clan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family, clique |
| Synonyms: | association, band, bunch, club, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, faction, folks, gang, group, house, insiders, kinfolks, mob, moiety, organization, outfit, race, ring, sect, set, society, sodality, stock, tribe |
| Main Entry: | clique |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of friends |
| Synonyms: | Mafia, bunch, cabal, camarilla, camp, circle, clan, club, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, faction, gang, in-group, insiders, lobby, mob, organization, outfit, pack, posse, ring, set, society |
| Main Entry: | club |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social organization |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, association, bunch, circle, clique, company, crew, faction, gang, guild, hangout, league, lodge, meeting, mob, order, outfit, ring, set, society, sodality, stamping ground, union |
| Main Entry: | cluster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of something |
| Synonyms: | array, assemblage, band, batch, bevy, blob, body, bunch, bundle, chunk, clump, clutch, collection, covey, crew, gathering, hunk, knot, lot, pack, party, set |
| Antonyms: | individual, one |
| 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: | 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: | corps |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group trained for action |
| Synonyms: | band, body, brigade, company, contingent, crew, detachment, division, outfit, party, posse, regiment, squad, squadron, team, troop, troupe, unit |
| Main Entry: | crowd |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large assembly |
| Synonyms: | army, array, blowout, bunch, cattle, circle, clique, cloud, cluster, company, concourse, confluence, conflux, congeries, congregation, coterie, crew, crush, deluge, drove, faction, flock, flood, gaggle, great unwashed, group, herd, horde, host, jam, legion, lot, mass, masses, meet, mob, multitude, muster, organization, pack, party, people, posse, press, rabble, rank and file, scores, sellout, set, stream, surge, swarm, throng, troupe, tumult |