galère

noun

ga-ˈler How to pronounce galère (audio)
Definition of galèrenext
as in network
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially charged that the campus newspaper had been completely taken over by a galère of right-wing zealots

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for galère
  1. network
  2. crowd
  3. bunch
  4. gang
  5. circle
  6. clique
  7. coterie
  8. lot
Noun
  • If no deal is made, people with the aforementioned health insurance plans through United will no longer be able to get in-network care with UHealth doctors and other providers across UHealth’s South Florida facilities.
    — Michelle Marchante July 22, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • Emery believed Rashford at his best was one of the most threatening attackers in the world and backed himself and his support network to rejuvenate the player.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of network
Noun
  • By evening, crowds overflowed outside the site and spilled onto the streets and lanes.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • The Tesla Diner is one year old as crowds lined up to charge at the highest-usage Supercharger in the world.
    — Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of crowd
Noun
  • Bobby’s is a flouncy skirt and a knotted shirt straight out of the early-aughts MTV Movie & TV Awards, and Elizabeth’s is a full-length dress made out of brown faux leather with a bunch of long plaits swinging off it.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 July 2026
  • There’s a bunch of other Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul people on Sugar, such as director Michael Morris and DP Marshall Adams.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
Definition of bunch
Noun
  • Brun was primarily supplied by Maluelue Umu, a bald Samoan man with ties to the USO prison gang, whom Brun had met during his days volunteering at the jail.
    — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Such a dire occasion, where families were subjected to physical abuse from the French police and local gangs, would shed light on the nature of relationships at UEFA.
    — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of gang
Noun
  • There will also be multicultural food vendors, an international marketplace, community art projects, drum circles, youth soccer, interactive art activities and family programming designed to encourage participation rather than simply observation.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
  • The other is a healthy Venn diagram where those circles intentionally overlap.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of circle
Noun
  • Cohen honed her act at the forefront of a clique of comedians who performed cabaret comedy, often at Club Cumming, in the late 2010s.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 July 2026
  • That era involved small cliques of devs talking a big game about decentralization (which often provided a pretext for no accountability) while shilling tokens at all turns.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Definition of clique
Noun
  • Radical in its time, but also in its effect on reception of the Shelley coterie.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • Along with detecting Houston's talent in 1983, Davis culled a coterie of other radio regulars in the '80s and '90s – Thompson Twins, Taylor Dayne and Ace of Base among them – before expanding the Arista empire.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 June 2026
Definition of coterie
Noun
  • Theron is no longer attached to the project at the Melrose Avenue lot, but the It filmmakers remain, producing under their Double Dream label.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 29 July 2026
  • But one roadblock consumers may face is a lack of EVs in the dealership lot.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of lot
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“Galère.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gal%C3%A8re. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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