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
• staves
• hosts
• personnels

2

as in communities

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

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

Synonyms & Similar 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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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