Antonyms for group
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : groop |
| Phonetic Transcription : grup |
Definition of group
Origin :- 1690s, originally an art criticism term, "assemblage of figures or objects in a painting or design," from French groupe "cluster, group" (17c.), from Italian gruppo "group, knot," perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz "round mass, lump," and related to crop. Extended to "any assemblage" by 1736. Meaning "pop music combo" is from 1958.
- noun number of individuals collectively
- verb bring together
- verb classify, sort
- The Milbreys, father and son, came up and greeted the group on the piazza.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Mrs. Bines, so complacent overnight, was the most disconsolate one of the group.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He always kept a group with him, and people said that he was wise to do it.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- There is not a country in which one group is not afraid of some other group.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- But of the arc which He disclosed no one group of His followers has as yet perceived the whole.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- "Well, go on," interposed the youngest and quietest of the group.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- He raised his voice a little, speaking into the shadows where was the group of silent men.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The group around the bed had parted to admit Mrs. Rosenfeld, and closed again.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- All the Indians in the group that had gathered about the Mastodon, nodded at this.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- As soon as she recognized the group she disappeared, with a cry, into the house.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
Synonyms for group
- accumulation
- aggregation
- arrange
- assemblage
- assemble
- assembly
- associate
- association
- assort
- assortment
- band
- band together
- batch
- battery
- bevy
- body
- bracket
- bunch
- bunch up
- bundle
- cartel
- categorize
- category
- chain
- circle
- class
- clique
- clot
- club
- clump
- cluster
- clutch
- collect
- collection
- combination
- combine
- company
- conglomerate
- congregate
- congregation
- consort
- corral
- coterie
- covey
- crew
- crowd
- dispose
- faction
- file
- formation
- gang
- gang around
- gang up
- gather
- gathering
- get together
- grade
- hang out
- harmonize
- huddle
- league
- link
- lot
- make the scene
- marshal
- meet
- mess
- order
- organization
- organize
- pack
- parcel
- party
- passel
- pigeonhole
- platoon
- poke
- pool
- posse
- punch
- put together
- range
- rank
- round up
- scare up
- set
- shooting match
- society
- sort
- suite
- syndicate
- systematize
- troop
- trust
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