clique

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.
2. A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
3. A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.

Verb

To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.

Sinonieme

faction

coterie

gang

set

group

clan

cabal

party

🥳

camarilla

junto

ingroup

inner circle

crowd

pack

camp

splinter group

circle

⭕

organization

partisan

partisans

plot

school

🏫

sect

side

staff

thymus

valve

said person

same person

kindred spirits

literary group

clicket

community

nepotistic network

adherents

old boys' network

band

bloc

clans

club

colleague

company

comrade

confederacy

conspirators

corporation

followers

fraternity

friends

intrigue

junta

liver

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kliːk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from French clique, ultimately of imitative origin. Influenced by "claque", though this may have happened in French rather than in English.