core group
Essential team members
A core group is the central, essential members of a larger organization or movement—the people most committed, influential, or involved.
Every political campaign has its core group of strategists; every company has its core group of decision-makers.
A core group of volunteers kept the food bank running through the pandemic.
- inner circleExclusive group of confidants
- inner sanctumInnermost private place
- nucleusCentral controlling part
- cliqueExclusive social group
- in crowdExclusive social group
cadre · elite · A team · hub · power base · backbone · foundation · insiders · tight-knit · loyal · essential · central · pillars · stalwarts · kernel · heart · leadership · trusted
- Group Termsmajority, minority, member, subgroup, faction
- inner circlesinner circle, inner ring, inner sanctum, ingroup, in-crowd
- foundersfounders, founder, co-founders, cofounders, co-founder
- Coresnucleus, kernel, center
- primate groupstroop, band, shrewdness, cartload, barrel
core groupperiphery
Boundary or outer region
fringe · outer circle · the periphery · hangers-on · outliers
core groupoutsiders
Those not belonging
non-members · fellow travelers · sympathizers · associates · affiliates
core, group, cores, cored, coring, groups, grouped, grouping, groupings