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CLAN Synonyms

There are 11 synonyms of the word clan. (exact relations)
There is 1 hypernym of the word clan. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for CLAN

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tribe
nounn
noun

• a social division of (usually preliterate) people

• a federation (as of American Indians)

• (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily

• group of people related by blood or marriage

association
nounn
noun

• a formal organization of people or groups of people

• the act of consorting with or joining with others

• the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination

• the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

• a social or business relationship

• a relation resulting from interaction or dependence

• (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding

• (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species

community
nounn
noun

• a group of people living in a particular local area

• a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common

• common ownership

• a group of nations having common interests

• agreement as to goals

• a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences

• (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

family
nounn
noun

• a social unit living together

• primary social group; parents and children

• a collection of things sharing a common attribute

• people descended from a common ancestor

• a person having kinship with another or others

• (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera

• a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

• an association of people who share common beliefs or activities

group
nounn
noun

• any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

• (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

• a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse

verb

• arrange into a group or groups

• form a group or group together

organization
nounn
noun

• a group of people who work together

• an organized structure for arranging or classifying

• the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

• the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business

• an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized

• the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically

• the act of forming or establishing something

society
nounn
noun

• an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

• a formal association of people with similar interests

• the state of being with someone

• the fashionable elite

kin
nounn
noun

• a person having kinship with another or others

• group of people related by blood or marriage

adjective satellite

• related by blood

kindred
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• group of people related by blood or marriage

adjective satellite

• similar in quality or character

• related by blood or marriage

kin group
nounn
noun

• group of people related by blood or marriage

kinship group
nounn
noun

• group of people related by blood or marriage

Best Hypernyms For CLAN

Here is a list of related hypernyms for clan, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Phrases (1)
social group

Alternatives for TRIBE

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