group
Several considered together
Group is a useful noun for designating three or more of anything that share features: a group of houses, arrange the students in groups, a methyl group at one end of the molecule.
The verb group developed within a century of the noun and has several meanings related to formation and membership of groups.
Organization with membership
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- associationGroup with shared aim
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- unionJoining into one
alliance · coalition · federation · consortium · syndicate · league · fraternity · sorority
Group playing music together
orchestra · choir · chorus · troupe · act · combo · collective · supergroup
Voluntary close relations
- cliqueExclusive social group
- circleCurved closed shape
- gangOrganized criminal group
- crewWorking team aboard
posse · squad · peers · companions · cohort · bunch · party · band
Disorderly, aggressive crowd
- throngDense pressing crowd
- multitudeVery large number
- massesBulk or populace
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
swarm · gathering · congregation · assembly · audience · spectators · onlookers · bystanders
Systematic grouping by traits
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- typeCategory sharing traits
- kindType or caring
- classGrouping by shared traits
set · subset · family · genus · species · division · order · phylum
Combined collection of items
- constellationNamed pattern of celestial bodies
- formationCreation or arrangement
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
gathering · assemblage · collection · bunch · clump · batch · array · knot
Joint intellectual work
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
- partnershipShared business arrangement
unity · solidarity · cohesion · harmony · interdependence · contribution · participation · communication
club
Organization with membership
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- associationGroup with shared aim
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
union · alliance · coalition · federation · consortium · syndicate · league · fraternity · sorority · brotherhood
band
Group playing music together
quintet · orchestra · choir · chorus · troupe · act · combo · collective · supergroup · lineup
friends
Voluntary close relations
crew · posse · squad · peers · companions · cohort · bunch · party · band · troupe
mob
Disorderly, aggressive crowd
horde · swarm · gathering · congregation · assembly · audience · spectators · onlookers · bystanders · crowd
classification
Systematic grouping by traits
class · set · subset · family · genus · species · division · order · phylum · kingdom
aggregation
Combined collection of items
- constellationNamed pattern of celestial bodies
- formationCreation or arrangement
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
convergence · gathering · assemblage · collection · bunch · clump · batch · array · knot · pocket
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
partnership · unity · solidarity · cohesion · harmony · interdependence · contribution · participation · communication · consensus
- groupsteam, teams, club, clubs, gang
- organizecategorize, classify, sort, arrange, order
- social lifefriend, family, relationship, community, acquaintance
- societysociety, social customs, class, citizen, social hierarchy
- classificationcategory, classification, cataloging, kind, categorizing
- classificationsclassified, hierarchical, class, unclassified, categorical
- group chatShared messaging conversation
- group photoPicture of multiple people
- control groupsUnaltered experimental baselines
- working groupsTeams formed for projects
- group hugMulti-person simultaneous embrace
- splinter groupBreakaway subset of organization
grouping, grouped, groups, regroup, groupings, subgroup, subgroups, groupie, grouper