Synonyms for coterie
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A circle of individuals who associate with one another for a common purpose.
The new junior employee joined our merry after-hours coterie.
Related words
- Word family
- coterieism cottage
Forms
- Plural
- coteries → cliques, cabals, circles, in-groups…
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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. Persons unite in a coterie through simple liking for one another; they withdraw into a clique largely through aversion to outsiders.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- circle Layla had a large circle of friends but was naive.
- clique Sami was making his own friends outside Layla's clique.
- cabal Today I learned that the word "cabal" is derived from "Kabballah."
By length
- 3 letters
- set1, pac1
- 4 letters
- club1, band1, camp1, ring1, pack1
- 5 letters
- party2, cabal2, junto
- 6 letters
- circle2, clique1
- 7 letters
- society4, faction2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (party2 = 2 syllables).