Group – Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging

a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)

a basic group of natural objects

a group of plants or animals

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

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

people sharing some social relation

several things grouped together or considered as a whole

all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time

a grouping of electrons surrounding the nucleus of an atom

people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture

people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock

(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

a group of many things in the air or on the ground

a distinct and often subordinate group within a group

saints collectively

the body of citizens of a state or country

a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area

(Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis)

(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals

a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection

any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103

any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions

the group of journalists and professionals involved in mass communications

members of one gender considered as a group

the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation

a decorative arrangement of flowers

any improvised arrangement for temporary use

a collection or stock of drugs

a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers

a collection of objects threaded on a single strand

collection of clothing belonging to one person

collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company

(statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn

a system of linguistic units or elements used in a particular language

an orderly arrangement

a group of people or things arranged by class or category

all inorganic objects; contrasts with animal and plant kingdoms

a group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution

a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate

the human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group

a group of people having approximately the same age

people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)

people who are frustrated and perplexed

people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group

people viewed as members of a group

people who are brave

people who are fearful and cautious

people who transact business (especially business executives)

people living in the same country; compatriots

people who are condemned to eternal punishment

people who are no longer living

people who are still living

people who have severe hearing impairments

people who are defeated

people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped

people who are destined to die soon

any hostile group of people

the collective body of bishops

(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens

people in general (often used in the plural)

people who are free

people who are confined to their homes

people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity

people who have not been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity

(informal and offensive) people collectively who are mentally retarded

a group of like-minded people united by the internet; a new kind of social or political of business group that may exert broad influence on a shared concern

people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation

(figurative) people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant (resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance)

a small isolated group of people

people who have retreated

people who are sick

people engaged in trade

people who are wounded

the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine

a collection of art works

an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)

a collection of related things intended for use together

a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit

a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made

a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game

a collection of bottles

any collection in its entirety

a collection of coins

any collection of diverse things

everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something

an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole

a collection of writings

a collection of people or things appearing together

tenants of an estate considered as a group

a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes

flagstones collectively

bits and splinters and fragments

a complete collection of similar things

the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time

in a hand, the suit having the most cards

a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study

a collection of stamps

statues collectively

the final aggregate

a jumbled collection or mass

a collection of gimmicks

the nations possessing nuclear weapons

a collection of objects laid on top of each other

an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)

a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities

a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)

a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part

a social group that forms part of the society or the economy

a group that has different national or cultural traditions from the majority of the population

a race that considers itself superior to all others and fitted to rule the others

(usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims

your friends and acquaintances

a social group holding marginal or extreme views

a group of persons together in one place

an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together

a collection of the best or most popular people or items of a given kind

historical and literary materials relating to Judaism

a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together)

(computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use

a collection of literary documents, records, or media kept for reference or borrowing

myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person

an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another

a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church or place of worship

a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor

animal or plant group having natural relations

all the plant and animal life of a particular region

all the animal life in a particular region or period

a collection of docile animals for children to pet and feed

a group of animals

a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together

a swarm of insects that attack plants

a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used

collection of materials of or characteristic of the Victorian era

a collection of things sharing a common attribute

a miscellaneous collection of things sold together

a collection of things wrapped or boxed together

a group of people who work together

the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant

a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area

signs collectively (especially commercial signs or posters)

(linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related

a collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice; includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures

in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy

all the gods of a religion

the ancient Greek inhabitants of Achaea

the ancient Greek inhabitants of Aeolia

the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris who entered Greece from the north about 1100 BC

the ancient Greek inhabitants of Attica and related regions in Ionia

the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote

the body of people who are citizens of a particular government

the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government

the people who live in a nation or country

anti-communist countries collectively

underdeveloped and developing countries of Asia and Africa and Latin America collectively

the nations of the European continent collectively

the nations of the Asian continent collectively

the nations of the North American continent collectively

the nations of Central America collectively

the nations of the South American continent collectively

too many individuals of a given species

people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group)

people in general considered as a whole

the people who inhabit a territory or state

a group of people having the power of effective action

the reserve players on a team

a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity

(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment

a group of followers or enthusiasts

an organization or institution with a high rate of turnover of personnel or membership

an unofficial association of people or groups

(astronomy) a hypothetical huge collection of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto; perturbations (as by other stars) can upset a comet’s orbit and may send it tumbling toward the sun

a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people)

(astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust

a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs

a group of warships organized as a tactical unit

group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership

group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership

people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty

the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category

the second highest of the four varnas: the noble or warrior category

the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category

the lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status

a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule

the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation

the system of production and distribution and consumption

the members of a social organization who are in power

a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

all of the offspring of a given progenitor

all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe

a social division of (usually preliterate) people

a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)

(botany) the arrangement of veins in a leaf

(botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens

the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest

a collection of things or persons to be handled together

all the loaves of bread baked at the same time

customers collectively

people who constitute the main body of any group

people who are highly experienced or who have inside information

a collection of pictures of criminals

a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display

a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships

the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time

an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit

the aggregation of a country’s military aircraft

a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals)

a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions

an interconnected system of things or people

a system whose performance cannot be described by equations of the first degree

a system that is part of some larger system

a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body

a systematic orderly arrangement

a collection of particulars considered as a system

an entire system; used in the phrase `the whole shebang’

all the plant life in a particular region or period

the collection of rules imposed by authority

a collection of live animals for study or display

logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn

a collection of anecdotes about a person or place

any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered

a collection of precious things

any collection of valuables that is discovered

trinkets and other ornaments of dress collectively

the place names of a region or a language considered collectively

a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

people who have not confessed

people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)

women as distinguished from men

Jews collectively

a collection of small fragments considered as a whole

any people believing themselves to be chosen by God

an ethnic group living in Azerbaijan

an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India

an ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium

the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac’s son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)

an ethnic group speaking Umbundu and living in western Angola

an ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China

an ethnic group speaking a dialect of French and living in southern and eastern Belgium and neighboring parts of France

a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function

the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field

a river and all of its tributaries

usually included in the Mongoloid race

sometimes included in the Caucasian race; native to the subcontinent of India

a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived

a race of people speaking a Slavonic language

a member of a people who live in Kurdistan, a region in southwest Asia; the largest ethnic group without their own state

a member of the largest ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria

a native or inhabitant of Nubia

a developed system of roots

a separate group of related lanthanides, including terbium, europium, gadolinium, and sometimes dysprosium

a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium

a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water

a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water)

a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite

a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)

a system or organized structure that is large, uniform, and powerful

systems of mass communications (including publishing, broadcast news, and the internet) considered collectively

people who are members of the same social or cultural group