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clan

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of clan

1 a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially

That clan of football fans has parties every weekend on which the New England Patriots play.

Synonyms of clan

body, bunch, circle, clique, community, coterie, coven, crowd, fold, gang, lot, network, pack, ring, set

Words Related to clan

charmed circle, elite, in-group

club, college, fellowship, guild (also gild), league, organization, society

camp, faction, sect, side, tribe

brotherhood, fraternity, order, sisterhood, sodality, sorority

alliance, bloc, coalition, confederation, congress, council, federation, union

2 a group of persons who come from the same ancestor

The whole clan gets together only for holidays.

Synonyms of clan

blood, family, folks, house, kin, kindred, kinfolk (or kinfolks), kinsfolk, line, lineage, people, race, stock, tribe

Words Related to clan

blended family, nuclear family

extended family, household, kith

descendant (also descendent), issue, offspring, progeny, scion, seed

clansman, kinsman, kinswoman, relative

Near Antonyms of clan

ancestry, birth, descent, extraction, origin, pedigree

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