Synonyms of gang

gang 1 of 2

noun

ˈgaŋ 

1

as in team

a group of people working together on a task

a gang of neighborhood residents spent the weekend cleaning up the park

Synonyms & Similar Words

• team
• crew
• army
• platoon
• party
• company
• brigade
• squad
• battalion
• band
• troupe
• outfit
• corps
• department
• troop
• staff
• posse
• personnel
• administration
• host
• help
• force
• stable

2

as in clique

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

the whole gang went out for pizza

the school's computer hackers had their own little gang

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clique
• crowd
• bunch
• network
• community
• pack
• circle
• clan
• coven
• club
• coterie
• organization
• body
• tribe
• fold
• ring
• commune
• set
• lot
• guild
• klatch
• society
• galère
• squad
• faction
• fraternity
• elite
• league
• college
• camp
• in-group
• brotherhood
• sect
• coalition
• closed shop
• side
• sorority
• charmed circle
• bloc
• sisterhood
• union
• fellowship
• federation
• mess
• alliance
• council
• confederation
• congress
• sodality
• order

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individualist
• loner

3

as in Mafia

a group involved in secret or criminal activities

politicians promising to stop the growth of inner-city gangs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• Mafia
• syndicate
• crew
• mob
• conspiracy
• clan
• network
• ring
• clique
• cabal
• bunch
• crowd
• coven
• coterie
• circle
• pack
• lot
• set
• junta
• galère
• oligarchy

gang

2 of 2

verb

as in to group

Related Words

• group
• club
• team
• league
• bond
• affiliate
• join
• band
• couple
• cooperate
• mix
• confederate
• get along
• rally
• socialize
• get on
• collaborate
• side
• company
• link
• ally
• tie
• connect
• relate
• knot
• collude
• mingle
• wed
• interrelate
• attach
• sort
• fraternize
• travel
• associate
• friend
• hook up
• conjoin
• consort
• hang (around or out)
• chum
• befriend
• hobnob
• run
• consociate
• pal (around)
• mess around

Dissimilar Words

• avoid
• shun
• snub
• alienate
• disband
• split (up)
• cold-shoulder
• split
• disperse
• break up
• divorce
• sever
• estrange
• dissociate
• disunite
• sunder
• disjoin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gang

Noun

The bet seemed to be paying off Friday, as thousands of adults flocked to local branches to snag library cards featuring the adorable anthropomorphic gang on launch day. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

The group, made up of the former prime ministers of The Bahamas, Jamaica and Saint Lucia, noted the recent spread and spike in violence and kidnappings by armed gangs, as well as the challenges contributing to the slow deployment of the GSF. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026

Verb

Above all, the event serves as a venue for face-to-face connections among collectors – a place to gang together for wrist shots – that will be extra intense this year due to pent up desire after missing a year because of Covid. — Carol Besler, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021

For Nirbhaya's mother, justice is death for the men who gang raped her daughter. — Vedika Sud, CNN, 19 Mar. 2020