GADFLIES Antonyms
Definition of GADFLIES
gadfly
Best Opposite Words For GADFLIES
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alliance | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of being allied or confederated • a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest • an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty • a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim • the act of forming an alliance or confederation | ||||||||
assemblage | nounn | |||||||
noun • a group of persons together in one place • a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose • the social act of assembling • several things grouped together or considered as a whole | ||||||||
colony | nounn | |||||||
noun • a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government • one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States • a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together • a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated • a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country • (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
congregation | nounn | |||||||
noun • a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church • an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together • the act of congregating | ||||||||
flock | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a church congregation guided by a pastor • a group of birds • (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent • an orderly crowd • a group of sheep or goats verb • move as a crowd or in a group • come together as in a cluster or flock | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
herd | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans • a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra • a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things verb • cause to herd, drive, or crowd together • move together, like a herd • keep, move, or drive animals | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
team | nounn | |||||||
noun • a cooperative unit (especially in sports) • two or more draft animals that work together to pull something verb • form a team |