community

1 the people living in a particular area the whole community rallied to the aid of the family who had lost its home Synonyms neighborhood Related Words city, commune, hamlet, town, village; denizens, dwellers, inhabitants, residents; citizenry, culture, people, populace, public, society

2 a group of people with a common interest living in one place a picturesque seacoast village that is known for its sizable community of artists Synonyms colony Related Words circle, clique, coterie, set, society; band, company, troop; clan, family

3 a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially a large community of retired people in the coastal town Synonyms body, bunch, circle, clan, clique, gang, coterie, coven, crowd, fold, galère, klatch (also klatsch), lot, network, pack, ring, setRelated Words charmed circle, elite, in-group; closed shop; club, college, fellowship, guild (also gild), league, organization, society; camp, faction, sect, side, tribe; mess, squad; brotherhood, fraternity, order, sisterhood, sodality, sorority; commune; alliance, bloc, coalition, confederation, congress, council, federation, unionNear Antonyms loner; individualist

4 the body of people in a profession or field of activity members of the medical community Synonyms brotherhood, corps, fellowship, fraternity, sodality, vocationRelated Words calling, profession; association, club, federation, guild (also gild), organization, society

5 the quality or state of having many qualities in common there's a community of aesthetics that makes a very modern-looking gallery an especially appropriate setting for primitive art Synonyms alikeness, similarity, comparability, correspondence, likeness, parallelism, resemblance, similitudeRelated Words semblance; affinity, analogousness; equation, equivalence, equivalency, par, parity; identicalness, identity, sameness; correlation, relationship; exchangeability, interchangeability; accordance, agreement, compatibility, conformity, congruityNear Antonyms inequality; conflict, polarity; incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, nonconformity; differentiability, discriminability, distinguishability; anomalousness, dichotomy; disproportion, imbalance, inequality, nonequivalenceAntonyms difference, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinctiveness, distinctness, unlikeness

6 the feeling of closeness and friendship that exists between companions interactive features that are designed to foster a sense of community among the visitors to the Web site Synonyms brotherhood, camaraderie, companionship, company, comradery, comradeship, fellowship, societyRelated Words amity, benevolence, cordiality, friendliness, friendship, goodwill, kindliness; civility, comity, concord, harmony, rapport; charity, generosity; affinity, compassion, empathy, sympathy; chumminess, familiarity, inseparability, intimacy, nearness; affection, devotion, fondness, loveNear Antonyms forlornness, loneliness, lonesomeness