SYNDICATE Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈsin-di-kət

Definition of syndicate

as in Mafia

a group involved in secret or criminal activities a syndicate of counterfeiters

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as in cartel

a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage a powerful banking syndicate that controls loans in the small country

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syndicate

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verb

as in to contribute

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Recent Examples of syndicate

Noun

Semafor said Musk is one of a number of wealthy individuals that Paramount, led by CEO David Ellison, has considered approaching to join a syndicate of equity investors into the company. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026 Ramaphosa announced that soldiers would be deployed to support police in tackling gang violence, as the government steps up its fight against criminal syndicates. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026

Verb

The first of its kind in a daily newspaper, it was syndicated and later widely imitated. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026 The show was syndicated on A+E TV, ABC, CBS, NBC and other networks. — Francie Ebert, NBC news, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for syndicate

Recent Examples of Synonyms for syndicate

Noun

Meanwhile, the Mob Museum reported, Mafia violence was also on the rise in Vegas during the 70s.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 23 June 2026
Expanding on sounds pioneered by his Memphis predecessors, such as Three 6 Mafia and 8Ball & MJG, Tay Keith carved his own lane.

— DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 20 June 2026

Definition of Mafia

Noun

Colombian and Venezuelan cartels were reportedly dominating the space left by the power vacuum which emerged from the lack of effective law enforcement.

— Solly Boussidan, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
The killing underscores the dangers facing Mexican local leaders who challenge cartels, as President Claudia Sheinbaum faces pressure to confront organized crime and corruption.

— Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of cartel

Verb

The work was coordinated by Maurizio Sansotera, with electrochemical characterization led by Luca Magagnin and molecular dynamics research contributed by Giuseppina Raffaini.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Information for this article was contributed by Elliot Spagat, Jesse Bedayn and Linley Sanders of The Associated Press.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of contribute

Noun

Haiti's National Police said the leader of the Boston gang known as Mathias was one of those killed in a joint operation with other law enforcement forces.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
Several drug gangs known for attacking civilians and politicians operate in the area where Almaraz was kidnapped Saturday, including the Jalisco New Generation and Sinaloa cartels.

— Alfredo Peña, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of gang

Noun

It’s developed by GuangYu Industrial, an engineering conglomerate based in Shenzhen, with over three decades of precision manufacturing expertise.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2026
Compared to major tech conglomerates, Democratic proposals such as pausing data center approvals place significantly greater pressure on emerging cloud service providers like CoreWeave.

— , CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of conglomerate

Verb

Measure at the caller’s end, test your hardest callers on purpose and score every call against your own rules on a schedule, because model updates, knowledge base edits and new integrations will change behavior without warning.

— Satish Barot, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Listen is edited by Ben Kaplan, with cinematography by Mack Fisher.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of edit

Noun

The legal defense army The Left developed a legal advocacy network to support street agitators well before 2020.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Nov. 2026
In one of the biggest crackdowns on religious activity in recent years, authorities in October 2025 arrested 30 leaders of Zion Church, one of the country’s largest underground church networks, following overnight raids in several cities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of network

Verb

The fuel cells will be manufactured in the US by Bloom Energy and will convert natural gas into electricity through an electrochemical process.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
Limp said the company will continue to manufacture the existing BE-4 engine for United Launch Alliance, which uses two of the engines to power its Vulcan rocket.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026

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