leaguers
Players in associations
Leaguers are members of a league—people who belong to an organized group or alliance.
The word appears most often with a modifier: bush leaguers, Little Leaguers, big leaguers.
A big leaguer plays in the major leagues; figuratively, someone operating at the highest level of any field.
Bush leaguers are amateurs or incompetents.
Those surrounding a fortification
- blockadersThose who obstruct access
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- assaultViolent offensive act
storming · catapult · trebuchet · sappers · miners · breach · escalade · ramparts
Allies in wrongdoing
- alliesCooperative partners united together
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- factionGroup within group
- partisansStaunch factional supporters
adherents · supporters · members · confederacy · compact · pact · treaty · union
Fellow squad members
- playersGame participants
- membersPeople in an organization
- rosterList of members
- squadSmall working group
club · franchise · division · standings · champions · rivals · fans · supporters
Temporary outdoor shelter site
- bivouacTemporary military encampment
- tentsPortable fabric shelters
- quartersAssigned living accommodations
- billetsAssigned housing for soldiers
cantonment · barracks · fieldworks · entrenchment · pickets · sentries · provisions · campfire
besiegers
Those surrounding a fortification
- blockadersThose who obstruct access
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
assault · storming · catapult · trebuchet · sappers · miners · breach · escalade · ramparts · fortifications
confederates
Allies in wrongdoing
- alliesCooperative partners united together
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- factionGroup within group
partisans · adherents · supporters · members · confederacy · compact · pact · treaty · union · federation
teammates
Fellow squad members
squad · club · franchise · division · standings · champions · rivals · fans · supporters · season
camp
Temporary outdoor shelter site
- bivouacTemporary military encampment
- tentsPortable fabric shelters
- quartersAssigned living accommodations
billets · cantonment · barracks · fieldworks · entrenchment · pickets · sentries · provisions · campfire · cookfires
leaguersfree agents
Athletes available for signing
independents · non-members · outsiders · loners · mavericks
- big leaguesTop professional level
- major leagueHighest competitive tier
- minor leagueLower-tier professional sports
- junior leaguesYouth sports organizations
- bush leagueAmateurish and unprofessional
- Ivy LeagueElite university athletic conference