array

array

noun

Definition of ARRAY

1

a number of things considered as a unit <an array of baseball gloves in the corner of his room>

Synonyms array, assemblage, band, bank, batch, battery, block, bunch, clot, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, constellation, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, muster, package, parcel, passel, set, suite

Related Words accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomeration; agglomeration, assortment, hodgepodge, jumble, miscellany, mixture, odds and ends, sundries, variety; cycle, run, series, suit

Near Antonyms entity, item, single, unit

2

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit <a motley array of travelers waiting for the bus>

Synonyms array, band, batch, battery, body, boodle, bunch, cluster, clutch, consort, constellation, crop, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, parcel, party, passel

Related Words assembly, collective, congregation, gathering, muster, organization; circle, clan, clique, coterie, fellowship, gang, ring, round, set; faction, guild (also gild), order, school, sect; brigade, crew, outfit, phalanx, platoon, posse, task force, team; alliance, bloc, coalition, confederacy, confederation, federation, league, union; battalion, squadron; bevy, brood, covey

Near Antonyms individual, single

3

dressy clothing <dressed in festive array for the city's annual New Year's Eve celebration>

Synonyms array, best, bravery, caparison, feather, frippery, full dress, gaiety (also gayety), glad rags, regalia

Related Words apparel, attire, costume, duds, habiliment(s), rags, raiment, rig, rigging, threads, toggery, togs, vestiary, vesture, wear

Near Antonyms tatters; disarray, dishabille

4

the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another <a marching band's carefully choreographed array>

Synonyms arrangement, array, disposal, disposition, distribution, ordering, sequence, setup

Related Words continuity; precedence, priority; chain, procession, progression, succession; series; aligning (also alining), alignment (also alinement), lining up; design, layout, pattern, structure, system

Near Antonyms confusion, disorder, disorganization, disruption, upset; disconnection, disjointedness

5

a large body of men and women organized for land warfare <feudal lords depended upon their array for defense>

Synonyms array, battalion, host, legion

Related Words militia, national guard, standing army; infantry, ranks, regulars, soldiers, troopers, troops