Synonyms for clique
klik, klɪkclique

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1. cliquenoun

   Synonyms:
   camp, coterie, in group, inner circle

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1. clique

   A class is a number or body of persons or objects having common pursuits, purposes, attributes, or characteristics. A caste is hereditary; a class may be independent of lineage or descent; membership in a caste is supposed to be for life; membership in a class may be very transient; a religious and ceremonial sacredness attaches to the caste, as not to the class. The rich and the poor form separate classes; yet individuals are constantly passing from each to the other; the classes in a college remain the same, but their membership changes every year. We speak of rank among hereditary nobility or military officers; of various orders of the priesthood; by accommodation, we may refer in a general way to the higher ranks, the lower orders of any society. Grade implies some regular scale of valuation, and some inherent qualities for which a person or thing is placed higher or lower in the scale; as, the coarser and finer grades of wool; a man of an inferior grade. A coterie is a small company of persons of similar tastes, who meet frequently in an informal way, rather for social enjoyment than for any serious purpose. Clique has always an unfavorable meaning. A clique is always fractional, implying some greater gathering of which it is a part; the association breaks up into cliques. Persons unite in a coterie through simple liking for one another; they withdraw into a clique largely through aversion to outsiders. A set, while exclusive, is more extensive than a clique, and chiefly of persons who are united by common social station, etc. Circle is similar in meaning to set, but of wider application; we speak of scientific and religious as well as of social circles.

   Synonyms:
   association, caste, circle, clan, class, club, company, coterie, grade, order, rank, set

   Preposition:
   A class of merchants; the senior class at (sometimes of) Harvard; the classes in college.

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1. clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, campnoun

   an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

   Synonyms:
   mob, refugee camp, coterie, encampment, pack, gang, plurality, battalion, ingroup, large number, summer camp, face pack, cantonment, bivouac, inner circle, camp, ring, multitude

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1. • Set

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1. parea

   a number of people who gather regularly to share their experiences and ideas with each other.

   the parea organized their meeting during the sunset at the beach.

   Submitted by rinat on June 5, 2017  

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1. cliquenoun

   Synonyms:
   [Fr.] [Generally used in a bad sense.] coterie, club, brotherhood, sodality, clan, junto, CABAL, CAMARILLA, party, gang, set, private or exclusive association

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1. cliquenoun

   Synonyms:
   coterie, circle

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1. List of paraphrases for "clique":

   coterie, cabal, syndicate

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1. Eric Hoffer:

   Woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity.

2. Kathleen Turner:

   The' Friends' actors were such a clique — but I don't think my experience with them was unique, i think it was simply that they were such a tight little group that nobody from the outside mattered.

3. Kathleen Turner:

   I’ll be quite honest, which is my won't: I didn’t feel very welcomed by the cast. I remember I was wearing this difficult sequined gown — and my high heels were absolutely killing me. I found it odd that none of the actors thought to offer me a seat. Finally, it was one of the older crew members that said, ‘Get Miss Turner a chair.’ The‘Friends’actors were such a clique — but I don’t think my experience with them was unique. I think it was simply that they were such a tight little group that nobody from the outside mattered.

4. Eric Hoffer:

   Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity

5. Mike Pence:

   For all the media fawning over the sister of the North Korean dictator, I think it’s important that every American knows who this person is and what she’s done, the sister of Kim Jong Un is a central pillar of the most tyrannical and oppressive regime on the planet, an evil family clique that brutalizes, subjugates, starves and imprisons its 25 million people.