Synonyms for gang
- noun
- verb
Definitions
- n. 1
A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
The gang from our office is going out for drinks Friday night.
- n. 2
A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose. A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.
a gang of sailors; a railroad gang; a labor gang or pool.
- n. 3
A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose. A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
a youth gang; a neighborhood gang; motorcycle gang.
- v. 1
To go; walk; proceed.
Related words
- Word family
- gangboard gangbuster gangdom gangland ganglord gangpile gangshag gangster
- Phrases
- gang up on gang shower gang up gang rape
- Other spellings
- gangue
Choose the right word
A gang is a company of workmen all doing the same work under one leader; the word is used figuratively only of combinations which it is meant to stigmatize as rude and mercenary; crew is used in a closely similar sense.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- band The band entertained the spectators at the parade.
- crew The entire crew was afflicted with food poisoning.
- squad Martha was the captain of the cheerleading squad.
- clique Sami was making his own friends outside Layla's clique.
- bunch They are a bunch of inept and aggressive cretins..
- massive Algeria exports massive quantities of natural gas.
By length
- 3 letters
- set1, lot1, mob1, pac1
- 4 letters
- band1, ring1, crew1, pack1, clan1, knot1
- 5 letters
- group1, party2, squad1, crowd1, bunch1, spoil1, troop1, cabal2, shoal
- 6 letters
- number2, circle2, matrix2, clique1
- 7 letters
- company3, massive2, cortege2
- 8 letters
- outhouse2
- 9 letters
- veinstone
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (party2 = 2 syllables).