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

Several drug gangs known for attacking civilians and politicians operate in the area where Almaraz was kidnapped Saturday, including the Jalisco New Generation and Sinaloa cartels. — Alfredo Peña, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026

Several drug gangs known for attacking civilians and politicians operate in the area where Almaraz was kidnapped Saturday, including the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel. — ABC News, 8 Nov. 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