crew

Captain's working team

A crew is a group of people cooperating on a common task or goal (cleanup crew, flight crew).

In entertainment, the crew are people involved in a production who are not part of the cast (lighting crew, sound crew).

Less precisely, crew may designate any group of people to characterize them (strange crew, crew of buddies).

Crew is also the sport of rowing.

The relatively infrequent verb crew means to be a member of a working crew: He crewed on the sailboat.

In archaic use, crew is the past tense of crow.

team

squad

Small working group

  • unitIndividual part or measure
  • groupAssembled collection of things
  • posseArmed group pursuing fugitives

gang · band · lineup · roster · members · captain · teammates · coordination · collaboration · teamwork

nautical

deckhand

Ship's manual laborer

seaman · mariner · navigator · coxswain · shipmate · captain · first mate · galley · deck · rigging

camaraderie

bonding

Forming close connections

fellowship · esprit de corps · morale · loyalty · cohesion · trust · kinship · unity · support · comradeship

film

production

Making or generating something

  • cameraImage capturing device
  • gripSecure manual hold
  • gafferFilm's chief electrician

boom operator · lighting · sound · makeup · wardrobe · props · set · director · stunt · catering

workers

laborers

Workers doing physical tasks

road · ground · pit · repair · contractors · foremen · riggers · operators · shift · site

airline

flight attendant

Airplane cabin staff member

  • cabinSimple wooden dwelling
  • cockpitPilot's control compartment
  • pilotOne who steers aircraft

copilot · steward · attendant · boarding · passengers · service · safety briefing · captain · first officer · purser

Categories
Opposites
staffing status

crewuncrewed

Lacking human operators

unmanned · empty · crewless · automated · unstaffed

role on vessel/vehicle

crewpassengers

Transported travelers

guests · travelers · riders · customers · fare

group vs. individual

crewindividual

One separate human being

person · one · solo · loner · singleton

Phrases
Family

increase, crescent, screws, crews, crescendo, crewman, aircrew, crewmate, crewed

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