CLIQUE Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

clique

noun

ˈklik

Definition of clique

as in circle

a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially that clique refuses to even talk to outsiders at their lunch table

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Recent Examples of clique Bradač’s work looked at Ramsey numbers, which tell mathematicians exactly how large a graph can become before it’s guaranteed to gain a clique or independent set. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 15 July 2026 But then there was another clique of women's basketball fans that suddenly had a problem with Clark. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2026 Since its inception, social media has been a proving ground for tween fashion and identity, offering under-16s a digital canvas to experiment with their style and form online cliques around niche interests. — Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 2 July 2026 Shen wondered whether there was a random model that could produce clique-free colorings more efficiently than Erdős’ approach. — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for clique

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Noun

At Bolsa Chica State Beach, swimmers suffering stings to the sides of their feet and toes sat in a circle refilling their pails with hot water from a hose.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
After Nihiwatu’s launch in 2001, stays at this low-key beach retreat became a rite of passage in surfer circles.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of circle

Noun

And the jeers that White received from the home crowd at the end of pregame introductions might have spurred energy from the Fever players before and after the tilt.

— Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
The second attempt in March 2021 succeeded, with images showing crowds that had gathered to witness the launch.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

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Heavy deposits could collapse roofs, contaminate water, damage machinery, bury crops, disrupt power networks, and make roads difficult to use.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
During a 2024 ground-breaking ceremony for the bridge, city and state leaders called it a key link connecting JOST trails with the coastal trail network, the Santa Ana Mountains, and the Cleveland National Forest.

— Julie Sharp, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of network

Noun

Every day, community health worker Gédéon Banga Ngbape and his team fan out across communities in eastern Congo looking for people who may have crossed paths with the country’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Jacobita Cortes, a United Methodist pastor in Chicago, said that fear has changed the rhythms of her community.

— Maria Santana, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of community

Noun

There is a decent chance the New York Mets’ group of position players next season looks similar to this year’s bunch with some tweaks.

— Will Sammon, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
The Rams use three tight ends and there’s a bunch of big personnel types all over the league.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of bunch

Noun

In late March, a gang used a tractor to batter down a fence before two masked burglars broke into the Magnani Rocca Foundation, a private museum about 12 miles from the northern Italian city of Parma.

— Willem Marx, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Others also said Knight was associated with the gang, including Davis and Devonta Lee, a Crip who testified before the grand jury in Davis’ case in 2023.

— Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of gang

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Highly versatile for work or travel, reviewers rave that the soft fabric packs beautifully without wrinkling.

— Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2026
Typically conducted via livestream, participants purchase the rights to a specific team or player and receive the eligible cards pulled for that team or player from a set number of packs or boxes.

— Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of pack

Noun

Unlike many agrarian states, which relied on centralized bureaucracies and hereditary elites, Mongol political culture emphasized personal loyalty, military ability, and flexible leadership within clan networks.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026
The five-person clan (including a charming Max Greenfield as patriarch Ted, and Eitan Friedman and Matan Friedman as those wild brothers) live in relative domestic tranquility in Small Town Anywhere, USA.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026

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