| fraternity | | |
| n. (group) | 1. frat, fraternity | a social club for male undergraduates. |
| ~ gild, guild, social club, club, lodge, society, order | a formal association of people with similar interests.; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" |
| ~ chapter | a local branch of some fraternity or association.; "he joined the Atlanta chapter" |
| n. (group) | 2. brotherhood, fraternity, sodality | people engaged in a particular occupation.; "the medical fraternity" |
| ~ social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class | people having the same social, economic, or educational status.; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" |
| ~ brother | a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group).; "none of his brothers would betray him" |
| ~ sodalist | a member of a sodality. |
| guild | | |
| n. (group) | 1. club, gild, guild, lodge, order, social club, society | a formal association of people with similar interests.; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" |
| ~ association | a formal organization of people or groups of people.; "he joined the Modern Language Association" |
| ~ athenaeum, atheneum | a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning. |
| ~ bookclub | a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices. |
| ~ chapter | a local branch of some fraternity or association.; "he joined the Atlanta chapter" |
| ~ chess club | a club of people to play chess. |
| ~ country club | a suburban club for recreation and socializing. |
| ~ frat, fraternity | a social club for male undergraduates. |
| ~ glee club | a club organized to sing together. |
| ~ golf club | a club of people to play golf. |
| ~ hunt club, hunt | an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport. |
| ~ investors club | a club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointly. |
| ~ jockey club | a club to promote and regulate horse racing. |
| ~ racket club | club for players of racket sports. |
| ~ rowing club | a club for rowers. |
| ~ slate club | a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas). |
| ~ sorority | a social club for female undergraduates. |
| ~ turnverein | a club of tumblers or gymnasts. |
| ~ boat club, yacht club | club that promotes and supports yachting and boating. |
| ~ service club | a club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services. |
| ~ club member | someone who is a member of a club. |
| organisation | | |
| n. (group) | 1. administration, brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation, organization | the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something.; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" |
| ~ body | a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity.; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" |
| ~ authorities, government, regime | the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit.; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities" |
| ~ curia | (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church. |
| ~ top brass | the most important persons in a governing body. |
| ~ executive | persons who administer the law. |
| ~ judiciary, bench | persons who administer justice. |
| ~ county council | the elected governing body of a county. |
| ~ government officials, officialdom | people elected or appointed to administer a government. |
| ~ pecking order, power structure, hierarchy | the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body. |
| ~ management | those in charge of running a business. |
| ~ advisory board, planning board | a board appointed to advise the chief administrator. |
| n. (group) | 2. organisation, organization | a group of people who work together. |
| ~ social group | people sharing some social relation. |
| ~ adhocracy | an organization with little or no structure.; "the choice between bureaucracy and adhocracy represents a common dilemma"; "the need for informational flexibility can lead to adhocracy" |
| ~ affiliate | a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization.; "network affiliates" |
| ~ bureaucracy | any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape. |
| ~ ngo, nongovernmental organization | an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government. |
| ~ association of orangemen, orange order | a Protestant political organization in Northern Ireland. |
| ~ tammany, tammany hall, tammany society | a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism. |
| ~ fiefdom | an organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group. |
| ~ line of defence, line of defense | any organization whose responsibility it is to defend against something.; "police are the major line of defense against crime" |
| ~ line organisation, line organization | the organizational structure of activities contributing directly to the organization's output. |
| ~ association | a formal organization of people or groups of people.; "he joined the Modern Language Association" |
| ~ polity | a politically organized unit. |
| ~ quango, quasi-ngo | a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government. |
| ~ institution, establishment | an organization founded and united for a specific purpose. |
| ~ enterprise | an organization created for business ventures.; "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader" |
| ~ defence force, defense force, defence, defense | an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack.; "he joined the defense against invasion" |
| ~ establishment | any large organization. |
| ~ fire brigade, fire company | a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires. |
| ~ troupe, company | organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical).; "the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel" |
| ~ social unit, unit | an organization regarded as part of a larger social group.; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit" |
| ~ peace corps | a civilian organization sponsored by the United States government; helps people in developing countries. |
| ~ personnel, force | group of people willing to obey orders.; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens" |
| ~ labor union, trade union, trades union, union, brotherhood | an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer.; "you have to join the union in order to get a job" |
| ~ musical group, musical organisation, musical organization | an organization of musicians who perform together. |
| ~ party, political party | an organization to gain political power.; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level" |
| ~ political machine, machine | a group that controls the activities of a political party.; "he was endorsed by the Democratic machine" |
| ~ machine | an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently.; "the war machine" |
| ~ professional organisation, professional organization | an organization of and for professional people. |
| ~ alignment, alinement, coalition, alliance | an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty. |
| ~ federation | an organization formed by merging several groups or parties. |
| ~ quorum | a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business. |
| ~ pecking order, power structure, hierarchy | the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body. |
| ~ membership, rank | the body of members of an organization or group.; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed" |
| ~ delegation, deputation, delegacy, commission, mission | a group of representatives or delegates. |
| ~ girl scouts | an organization of young women and girls founded in 1912 for character development and citizenship training. |
| ~ blue | any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue.; "the Union army was a vast blue" |
| ~ gray, grey | any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey.; "the Confederate army was a vast grey" |
| ~ host | any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event.; "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games" |
| ~ pool | an organization of people or resources that can be shared.; "a car pool"; "a secretarial pool"; "when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. arrangement, organisation, organization, system | an organized structure for arranging or classifying.; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" |
| ~ structure | the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations.; "his lectures have no structure" |
| ~ classification system | a system for classifying things. |
| ~ contrivance | an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc..; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable" |
| ~ coordinate system, frame of reference, reference frame, reference system | a system that uses coordinates to establish position. |
| ~ data structure | (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer). |
| ~ design, plan | an arrangement scheme.; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests" |
| ~ distribution, statistical distribution | (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence. |
| ~ genetic map | graphical representation of the arrangement of genes on a chromosome. |
| ~ kinship system | (anthropology) the system of social relationships that constitute kinship in a particular culture, including the terminology that is used and the reciprocal obligations that are entailed. |
| ~ lattice | an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions. |
| ~ living arrangement | an arrangement to allow people (or ideas) to coexist. |
| ~ ontology | (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations. |
| ~ calendar | a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. organisation, organization, system | an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized.; "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here" |
| ~ methodicalness, orderliness | the quality of appreciating method and system. |
| n. (act) | 5. organisation, organization | the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business.; "he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department" |
| ~ administration, disposal | a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs). |
| ~ nonprofit, nonprofit organization, not-for-profit | an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities. |
| ~ rationalisation, rationalization | the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency. |
| ~ reorganisation, reorganization, shake-up, shakeup | the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes).; "a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum"; "top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup" |
| ~ self-organisation, self-organization | organizing yourself (especially organizing your own labor union). |
| ~ syndication | organizing into or administering as a syndicate. |
| n. (act) | 6. organisation, organization | the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically.; "his organization of the work force was very efficient" |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ randomisation, randomization | a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance. |
| ~ systematisation, systematization, rationalisation, rationalization | systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale. |
| ~ ordering, order | the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement.; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list" |
| ~ itemisation, itemization, listing | the act of making a list of items. |
| ~ territorialisation, territorialization | the act of organizing as a territory. |
| n. (act) | 7. constitution, establishment, formation, organisation, organization | the act of forming or establishing something.; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" |
| ~ commencement, beginning, start | the act of starting something.; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" |
| ~ unionisation, unionization | act of forming labor unions.; "the issue underlying the strike was unionization" |
| ~ collectivisation, collectivization | the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism. |
| ~ communisation, communization | the organization of a nation of the basis of communism. |
| ~ federation | the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs. |
| ~ colonisation, colonization, settlement | the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies.; "the British colonization of America" |
| organization | | |
| trunk | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. bole, tree trunk, trunk | the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber. |
| ~ tree | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms. |
| ~ stalk, stem | a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ. |
| ~ bark | tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. trunk | luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage. |
| ~ baggage, luggage | cases used to carry belongings when traveling. |
| ~ footlocker, locker | a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks). |
| ~ trunk lid | hinged lid for a trunk. |
| n. (body) | 3. body, torso, trunk | the body excluding the head and neck and limbs.; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" |
| ~ body, organic structure, physical structure | the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being).; "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" |
| ~ body part | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity. |
| ~ diaphragm, midriff | (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration. |
| ~ shoulder | the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm. |
| ~ articulatio humeri, shoulder joint, shoulder | a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula. |
| ~ serratus, serratus muscles | any of several muscles of the trunk. |
| ~ side | either the left or right half of a body.; "he had a pain in his side" |
| ~ chest, pectus, thorax | the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates. |
| ~ midriff, midsection, middle | the middle area of the human torso (usually in front).; "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable" |
| ~ waist, waistline | the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips. |
| ~ paunch, belly | a protruding abdomen. |
| ~ love handle, spare tire | excess fat around the waistline. |
| ~ hip | either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh. |
| ~ haunch | the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings. |
| ~ abdomen, belly, stomach, venter | the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis. |
| ~ back, dorsum | the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine.; "his back was nicely tanned" |
| ~ arse, ass, behind, buns, buttocks, derriere, fanny, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear end, tooshie, tush, backside, fundament, seat, bottom, rump, stern, tail end, bum, butt, can, rear, tail | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" |
| ~ buttock, cheek | either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump. |
| ~ loins | the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. automobile trunk, luggage compartment, trunk | compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools.; "he put his golf bag in the trunk" |
| ~ boot | British term for the luggage compartment in a car. |
| ~ auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine | a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine.; "he needs a car to get to work" |
| ~ compartment | a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area. |
| n. (animal) | 5. proboscis, trunk | a long flexible snout as of an elephant. |
| ~ neb, snout | a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose. |
| ~ elephant | five-toed pachyderm. |
| ~ mammoth | any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks. |
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