MEMBERS Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

members

noun

plural of member

as in factors

one of the parts that make up a whole you're only one member of this group effort

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one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled lost an indispensable member of the model airplane kit

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Recent Examples of members Fifty members of the European Parliament (MEPs) wrote to FIFA after the Balogun saga to demand that the organization address an ethics complaint made against Infantino over his decision to award Trump the FIFA Peace Prize in December 2025. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 18 July 2026 Days before the team headed to Miami for their third place game against France on Saturday, six members of the team paid a visit to Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que on one of their last nights in KC this week. — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026 Like Soncin and Pizzo, more than 600 fishers — 40% of the members in the local consortium — have quit, according to the group. — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026 During that time, board members toured multiple potential locations before ultimately deciding not to include one in the final plan. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026 Just before Platner’s Wednesday announcement, more than 100 state Democratic Party committee members signed off on holding a nominating convention, in the event of his withdrawal, to choose the nominee. — Meg Kinnard, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 Crews from multiple local and state agencies began an extensive search, and his body was recovered early Monday, family members confirmed. — ABC News, 11 July 2026 And on July 9, five members of the Fort Worth City Council requested a moratorium on new centers. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2026 In all, nine members of Norway’s 26-man squad play in the English Premier League, including five regular starters. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026

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Noun

This metric measures the quality of each chance as a player shoots, accounting for many contextual factors, including the angle and distance of the shot, and the body part used for the effort.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 21 July 2026
When Facebook, now Meta, went public, many factors combined to limit the market response on the first day.

— Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of factors

Noun

The main upgrades will include a new floor as well as other aerodynamic components.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 22 July 2026
In the budget bill, House Republicans are considering including the main components of the SAVE America Act, something GOP hard-liners have demanded be included in exchange for their support of the legislation.

— Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 22 July 2026

Definition of components

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The systems target demanding high-performance computing (HPC) workloads alongside emerging agentic AI applications that can automate portions of scientific research and engineering analysis.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
These metropolitan economies are often more connected to global markets and peer cities than to large portions of their own states.

— John Eger, Mercury News, 17 July 2026

Definition of portions

Noun

Winning a golf tournament is a difficult thing to do, with myriad factors and elements pouring ultimately into one formula.

— Justin Ray, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Antiques made of straw, raffia, and bamboo contrast with modern steel elements like the Boffi kitchen island.

— Francesca Longoni, Architectural Digest, 18 July 2026

Definition of elements

Noun

Instead, the government aims to build domestic alternatives in strategic segments representing roughly 20% to 30% of the market, including government cloud services, databases and simpler enterprise systems.

— Lidia Kurasinska, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Catastrophe losses of $518 million were nearly half of last year’s $927 million and reserve development was favorable across all three segments while investment income grew 14% year over year.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 20 July 2026

Definition of segments

Noun

Joonbyrd’s have lots of barrier-supporting ingredients and cute non-slip packaging.

— Alexandra Ditch, Vogue, 20 July 2026
Jack introduces Poppy to the alchemy of turning ingredients into a dish, and as her love for cooking and confidence in the kitchen grows, so do her feelings for Jack.

— Grace Reilly, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026

Definition of ingredients

Noun

Experience gained from managing heavy steel distortion during the welding of KSTAR’s vacuum boundaries informed the tooling and quality control methods later used to fabricate the thicker, more complex ITER sections.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026
People are flooding their comment sections from afar with questions, condolences and claims of AI manipulation.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 22 July 2026

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