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

Artisanal weapons and revolvers have been increasingly relegated to rural areas, smaller criminal groups and individuals, while over the past two years gangs have been procuring larger numbers of more lethal weaponry. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

Payments to these gangs in drugs developed local markets that further increased the violence, and the authorities felt overwhelmed. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Agents first went after gangs like the Red Bull Crew, often by watching hours upon hours of grocery store surveillance footage. — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026

The moral distinctions among mainstream business, the yakuza gangs, and the police were often blurry. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

There were thousands of empty houses in London and the councils actually employed gangs to come in and smash up these lovely Victorian houses, remove floorboards, rip out wiring [and] destroy the plumbing so squatters couldn’t live in them. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 8 Oct. 2026

Police in the Twin Cities suburbs say a shooting outside an Eden Prairie High School football game and the 100 rounds fired in a Bloomington residential neighborhood Tuesday morning are connected East African and Somali gangs. — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026