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

Deadly gangs control as much as 90% of Port-au-Prince, the country's capital, and swaths of land in the country’s central region. —ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026

The airspace between Haiti and the Dominican Republic was officially closed in March 2024 after armed gangs united and sought to overthrow the government of the prime minister at the time, Ariel Henry. —Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026

Police said the shooting was a feud between rival gangs. —Todd Feurer, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026

The number of lawyers in the Criminal Division’s Violent Crime and Racketeering Section, which prosecutes organized crime groups and violent gangs, is down significantly, though the section is looking to hire additional attorneys. —Eric Tucker, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026

His wife, Jennifer Kesselberg Dubon, told NPR that her husband wasn't affiliated with any gangs. —Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 17 Apr. 2026

Scypion’s killing was linked to a feud between East Contra Costa gangs known as Midtown and the Hard Body Gang. —Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026

Six people died and 12 more were injured in what prosecutors have alleged was a standoff between two gangs. —Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026

An increase in food prices will only worsen hunger in a country where gangs easily recruit children whose families need food and money. —Evens Sanon, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026