consort

¹consort

noun

Definition of CONSORT

1

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit <a consort of doctors attended the case>

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

2

an organized group of singers <hired a consort of madrigal singers to perform at the wedding reception>

Synonyms choir, chorale, consort, glee club

Related Words ensemble; minstrelsy