Synonyms of gangs

gangs 1 of 2

noun

plural of gang

1

as in teams

a group of people working together on a task

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teams
• armies
• crews
• platoons
• squads
• companies
• brigades
• battalions
• parties
• bands
• troops
• outfits
• troupes
• corps
• departments
• forces
• stables
• staffs
• administrations
• posses
• help
• hosts
• personnels

2

as in cliques

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

• cliques
• communities
• crowds
• networks
• circles
• clans
• packs
• bunches
• organizations
• clubs
• covens
• tribes
• coteries
• bodies
• communes
• folds
• rings
• guilds
• societies
• factions
• lots
• sets
• elites
• squads
• klatches
• galères
• fraternities
• colleges
• in-groups
• camps
• brotherhoods
• leagues
• sects
• coalitions
• sides
• sororities
• fellowships
• unions
• blocs
• federations
• charmed circles
• closed shops
• alliances
• councils
• sisterhoods
• confederations
• sodalities
• messes
• congresses
• orders

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individualists
• loners

3

as in Mafias

a group involved in secret or criminal activities

politicians promising to stop the growth of inner-city gangs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• Mafias
• syndicates
• clans
• conspiracies
• networks
• crews
• mobs
• cliques
• rings
• cabals
• covens
• crowds
• circles
• bunches
• coteries
• lots
• packs
• juntas
• sets
• oligarchies
• galères

gangs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of gang

as in groups

Related Words

• groups
• clubs
• teams
• affiliates
• allies
• sides
• bonds
• bands
• leagues
• ties
• couples
• links
• companies
• colludes
• rallies
• mixes
• socializes
• cooperates
• interrelates
• confederates
• connects
• joins
• collaborates
• relates
• associates
• knots
• mingles
• gets on
• gets along
• sorts
• attaches
• conjoins
• friends
• consorts
• weds
• chums
• hooks up
• travels
• hangs (around or out)
• pals (around)
• fraternizes
• hobnobs
• consociates
• befriends
• messes around
• runs

Dissimilar Words

• avoids
• shuns
• snubs
• alienates
• estranges
• cold-shoulders
• splits
• splits (up)
• breaks up
• disperses
• disbands
• divorces
• severs
• dissociates
• disunites
• disjoins
• sunders

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gangs

Noun

In Ecuador, local criminal gangs allied with Colombian and Mexican cartels manage the routes and ship the narcotics, 80% of which originate in Colombia and the rest in Peru. — CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Ecuador National Police via AP In Ecuador, local criminal gangs allied with Colombian and Mexican cartels manage the routes and ship the narcotics, 80% of which originate in Colombia and the rest in Peru. — CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Shakur’s killing capped a series of escalating threats involving a group of people tied to Compton gangs, including Davis. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

They were seen close to the border with Zamfara state, where armed gangs who frequently raid Nigerian towns and villages are concentrated. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

The gangs survived because their power extended far beyond the streets. — Robert Muggah, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2026

The report said armed gangs also attacked public and private buildings, leading to the suspension of most commercial activities and basic services in the neighborhoods affected by the violence. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026

The military has also been stretched by efforts to combat armed gangs carrying out mass kidnappings for ransom, and fighting between semi-nomadic herdsmen and settled farmers in states across the center of the country. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026

The gangs would pay cattle herders in the vast, ungoverned forests of northern Nigeria to hold the hostages until ransoms were paid. — Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026