cohort

cohort

noun

Definition of COHORT

1

a person frequently seen in the company of another <if you're trying to give up drinking, your cohorts shouldn't be confirmed party animals>

Synonyms cohort, companion, compatriot, compeer, comrade, crony, fellow, hobnobber, mate, running mate

Related Words colleague, coworker, equal, peer, workmate; accomplice, affiliate, ally, collaborator, confederate, half, partner; buddy, chum, confidant, familiar, friend, hearty, intimate, pal; countryman; classmate, housemate, messmate, playfellow, playmate, roommate, schoolmate, shipmate, teammate; attendant, escort; hanger-on, leech, parasite

2

one associated with another in wrongdoing <she and her cohorts were arrested for shoplifting>

Synonyms abettor (also abetter), accessory (also accessary), cohort, confederate

Related Words collaborationist, collaborator, informant, informer; evidence, state's evidence; companion, comrade, crony, henchman, partner; conspirator, plotter, traitor; gangster, mobster, racketeer