crew

[kroo] / kru /

NOUN

group working together

Synonyms

STRONGEST

band company corps crowd gang squad team troop

STRONG

aggregation assemblage bevy bunch cluster collection complement congregation covey faction hands herd horde lot mob organization pack party posse retinue sailors sect set swarm troupe workers

WEAK

working party

Antonyms

STRONG

individual one

Example Sentences

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It didn’t say how many crew were aboard the helicopter at the time it crashed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The crew were rescued in 2020 from the scallop-trawler Olivia Jean, also owned by TN Trawlers.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Welker asked her technical crew if they should stop.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

PDT, also will be covered by that crew but will air on Fox.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

The rescue crew had found Brian near the road, about two hundred yards from the cabin.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

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