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

No longer so scrappy, the gang of cinephiles that’s likely behind your latest fave is taking names and making deals. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 July 2026

Police officials and advocates for trafficking victims say the Hoovers gang, which formed in the 1970s, has long held a stranglehold along Figueroa. — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Verb

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

Jang features in the names of many quintessential Korean ingredients, such as ganging (soy sauce), gochujang (chili paste) and doenjang (soybean paste). — Katie Workman, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2020