Synonyms for band
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1. set, circle, band, lotnoun

   an unofficial association of people or groups

   "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"

   Synonyms:
   rotary, fortune, banding, pot, roach, mint, fate, stripe, lot, stria, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, good deal, roundabout, muckle, isthmus, pile, traffic circle, roofy, stack, striation, mountain, rophy, destiny, plenty, round, solidifying, peck, circuit, exercise set, deal, portion, hardening, curing, caboodle, sight, flock, hatful, mickle, dance orchestra, slew, wad, heap, luck, great deal, mess, rope, bunch, mass, circumstances, solidification, draw, spate, readiness, tidy sum, set, ring, forget me drug, dress circle, stage set, bent, dance band, lap, circle

2. bandnoun

   instrumentalists not including string players

   Synonyms:
   stripe, set, lot, banding, stria, striation, dance band, ring, circle, isthmus, dance orchestra

3. band, banding, stria, striationnoun

   a stripe or stripes of contrasting color

   "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"

   Synonyms:
   stripe, set, lot, banding, stria, striation, dance band, ring, circle, isthmus, dance orchestra

4. band, banding, stripenoun

   an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material

   Synonyms:
   dance band, lot, dance orchestra, set, striation, circle, isthmus, stria, stripe, streak, ring, bar, chevron, stripes, grade insignia, banding

5. dance band, band, dance orchestranoun

   a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

   Synonyms:
   stripe, set, banding, stria, circle, dance band, ring, lot, striation, dance orchestra, isthmus

6. bandnoun

   a range of frequencies between two limits

   Synonyms:
   stripe, set, lot, banding, stria, striation, dance band, ring, circle, isthmus, dance orchestra

7. bandnoun

   a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)

   Synonyms:
   stripe, set, lot, banding, stria, striation, dance band, ring, circle, isthmus, dance orchestra

8. isthmus, bandnoun

   a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure

   Synonyms:
   stripe, set, lot, banding, stria, striation, dance band, ring, circle, isthmus, dance orchestra

9. ring, bandnoun

   jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger

   "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band"

   Synonyms:
   hoop, dance band, ringing, lot, closed chain, anchor ring, dance orchestra, set, ring, pack, gang, mob, circle, doughnut, isthmus, stria, stripe, annulus, striation, halo, tintinnabulation, banding

10. bandnoun

    a driving belt in machinery

    Synonyms:
    stripe, set, lot, banding, stria, striation, dance band, ring, circle, isthmus, dance orchestra

11. bandnoun

    a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration

    Synonyms:
    stripe, set, lot, banding, stria, striation, dance band, ring, circle, isthmus, dance orchestra

12. band, ringnoun

    a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

    Synonyms:
    mob, ringing, dance band, annulus, lot, hoop, anchor ring, dance orchestra, set, pack, gang, striation, circle, doughnut, isthmus, stria, stripe, closed chain, ring, halo, tintinnabulation, banding

13. bandverb

    a restraint put around something to hold it together

    Synonyms:
    stripe, set, lot, banding, stria, striation, dance band, ring, circle, isthmus, dance orchestra

14. bandverb

    bind or tie together, as with a band

    Synonyms:
    ring

15. ring, bandverb

    attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

    "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"

    Synonyms:
    telephone, border, environ, peal, echo, phone, reverberate, knell, skirt, resound, call up, surround, call, ring

Matched Categories

1. • Adornment
   • Attach
   • Belt
   • Jewelry
   • Loop
   • Musical Organization
   • Range
   • Social Group
   • Strip
   • Stripe
   • Tie
   • Tissue

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1. choir

   the band plays/sings music just like a choir

   i was a great singer in the senior band!

   Submitted by rinat on September 9, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bandnoun

   Synonyms:
   tie, ligature, ligament

2. bandnoun

   Synonyms:
   cord, chain, fetter, manacle, shackle, bond

3. bandnoun

   Synonyms:
   bandage, fillet, binding

4. bandnoun

   Synonyms:
   company (especially of instrumental musicians), troop, gang, crew, horde, party, body, club, junto, COTERIE, CLIQUE, society, sodality, association

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1. bandnoun

   Synonyms:
   fillet, fetter, manacle, shackle, gyve, cincture, girth, swaddle, belt, zone, cestus, bandage, link, bond, vinculum, withe, company, crew, troop, gang, coterie, cabal, clique, club, junto, league, orchestra

2. bandverb

   Synonyms:
   league, confederate, unite, clique

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1. List of paraphrases for "band":

   bands, bunch, strip, banda, clamp, gang, bande, orchestra, ribbon, tape, stripe, gaza, orchestre, banding, strips, group, music, gangs, tapes, strake, bandwidth, fanfare, lubicon, holoband, fascia, belt

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1. Don Felder:

   When the band first formed, everybody had been sidemen. So they said, 'In this band there are no sidemen,' and when I joined the band, it was still the same. There were some power struggles emerging, because Henley and Frey had sung all the hits at that point.

2. Mickey Dolenz:

   My feeling at the time is when Micky Dolenz today .’re that successful, Micky Dolenz today . really do n’t give a s --- what people say, frankly, but the people I cared about got it. They got what it was. It was not trying to cash in on The Beatles. It was a television show. The Monkees in 1997. ( Reuters) The Monkees was not a group or a band, it was a TV show about a band. And it was about this imaginary band that lived in this beach house … that wanted to be The Beatles.

3. Reid Bigland:

   Under normal circumstances, when it comes to Canadian manufacturing, when the Canadian dollar goes down it's really an opportunity to strike up the band, unfortunately the (Canadian) dollar has been strong for so long that a lot of the band has left.

4. Chris Rock:

   When you’re in a relationship, you’re in a band, and when you’re in a band, you have roles that you play in the band. Sometimes you sing lead and sometimes you’re on tambourine. And if you’re on tambourine, play it right … ‘ cause nobody wants to see a mad tambourine player.

5. This Is Spinal Tap:

   David I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem *may* have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being *crushed* by a *dwarf*. Alright That tended to understate the hugeness of the object.