Synonyms of gang

gang 1 of 2

noun

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 crowd

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

• crowd
• bunch
• community
• clique
• pack
• network
• clan
• circle
• coven
• club
• organization
• coterie
• body
• fold
• ring
• tribe
• commune
• lot
• set
• guild
• klatch
• society
• galère
• squad
• faction
• fraternity
• klatsch
• elite
• league
• camp
• college
• in-group
• brotherhood
• coalition
• sect
• closed shop
• sorority
• side
• bloc
• charmed circle
• union
• sisterhood
• federation
• fellowship
• mess
• alliance
• gild
• 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

Synonyms & Similar 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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoid
• shun
• snub
• alienate
• disband
• split (up)
• split
• cold-shoulder
• disperse
• break up
• divorce
• sever
• estrange
• dissociate
• disunite
• sunder
• disjoin