inner circles
Trusted advisor groups
Inner circles are the small groups of people closest to power or influence within larger organizations.
The metaphor suggests concentric rings around a center, with trusted insiders occupying the space nearest the core: She worked her way into the president's inner circle.
Those in inner circles have access, information, and influence that outsiders lack.
- insidersThose with special access
- in the loopKept informed of developments
- Skull and BonesIvy League secret society
- cabalsGroups plotting in shadows
- select fewSmall exclusive group
confidants · clique · coterie · gatekeepers · old boys' network · elites · exclusive clubs · ingroup · kitchen cabinet · corridors of power · nucleus · powerbrokers · brain trusts · exclusive · secret societies · fraternal orders · restricted access · need to know
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- elite networksold boys network, old boys club, cronyism, nepotism, favoritism
- gossiprumor, rumors, gossip, hearsay, whisper
- power brokerspowerbroker, kingpin, kingmakers, puppeteer, kingmaker
- secret societiesFreemasons, Illuminati, secret society, secret societies, Masons
- Confidencessecrets, confessions, disclosures, admissions, revelations
inner circlesoutsiders
Those not belonging
the masses · rank and file · common people · ordinary citizens · grassroots
inner circlesoutsiders
Those not belonging
outcasts · pariahs · marginalized groups · strangers · interlopers
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