club; social club; society; guild; gild; lodge; 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"

Type of:
  • association

Types:
  • athenaeum; atheneum
  • bookclub
  • chapter
  • chess club
  • country club
  • fraternity; frat
  • glee club
  • golf club
  • hunt; hunt club
  • investors club
  • jockey club
  • racket club
  • rowing club
  • slate club
  • sorority
  • turnverein
  • yacht club; boat club
  • service club

Part of:
  • club; social club; society; guild; gild; lodge; order


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