coteries
Tight social sets
Coteries are small, exclusive groups of people who share interests, tastes, or purposes and tend to socialize mainly with one another.
The word carries a slightly negative connotation, suggesting cliquishness or snobbery—a coterie may be perceived as unwelcoming to outsiders.
The literary coteries of 1920s Paris included some of the century's greatest writers.
She never quite broke into the coterie of popular girls at school.
Exclusive social group
- eliteSuperior select group
- in-groupExclusive social cluster
- cabalScheming political faction
- enclaveSurrounded distinct territory
insiders · establishment · cognoscenti · glitterati · gatekeepers · exclusivity · insularity · snobbery
Curved closed shape
- setArrange in position
- crowdLarge public gathering
- cliqueExclusive social group
- groupAssembled collection of things
gang · bunch · crew · posse · entourage · retinue · following · hangers-on
Grooming establishment or gathering
- literatiEducated, cultured class
- intelligentsiaEducated, intellectual class
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
- circleCurved closed shape
school · movement · thinkers · philosophers · artists · writers · academics · scholars
clique
Exclusive social group
enclave · insiders · establishment · cognoscenti · glitterati · gatekeepers · exclusivity · insularity · snobbery · elitism
circle
Curved closed shape
group · gang · bunch · crew · posse · entourage · retinue · following · hangers-on · companions
salon
Grooming establishment or gathering
- literatiEducated, cultured class
- intelligentsiaEducated, intellectual class
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
circle · school · movement · thinkers · philosophers · artists · writers · academics · scholars · aesthetes
faction
Group within group
bloc · camp · wing · cell · cadre · lobby · conspirators · plotters · schemers · kingmakers
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- World of Darknesskindred, clans, Nosferatu, Toreador, Giovanni
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
- ParisEiffel Tower, Louvre, Notre-Dame, Seine, Montmartre
- Paris literatiwriters, poets, authors, novelists, essayists
coteriespublic assemblies
Open collective gatherings
the public · general public · the masses · town halls · public meetings
coteriesmultitudes
Very large numbers
crowds · throngs · hordes · masses · the masses