COTERIES Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

coteries

noun

plural of coterie

as in cliques

a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially a coterie of old friends who attend all of the home games of the high school basketball team

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Noun

That era involved small cliques of devs talking a big game about decentralization (which often provided a pretext for no accountability) while shilling tokens at all turns.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Since its inception, social media has been a proving ground for tween fashion and identity, offering under-16s a digital canvas to experiment with their style and form online cliques around niche interests.

— Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 2 July 2026

Definition of cliques

Noun

Thresholds of sea level for which homes and roads in coastal communities like South Florida were engineered would be crossed faster than expected.

— Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Their purchase set an all-time record in all Cliffs’ communities.

— Joe Marusak July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026

Definition of communities

Noun

The railway manias left behind functioning rail networks, and the dot-com bubble left behind server and network infrastructure that made the following two decades of internet companies cheap to build.

— Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Little League Softball World Series broadcasts For the first time, every game of this year’s tournament gets a spot on one of ESPN’s linear networks.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of networks

Noun

In recent years, as Grande has risen to super stardom, her physical appearance has been put under the microscope in certain online circles.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 2 Aug. 2026
First Fridays may bring a night market; meditation and healing circles happen in a back room, with Indigenous practices led by Indigenous people.

— Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of circles

Noun

But as demonstrations attracted larger crowds, the government was forced to acknowledge them and respond to their growing influence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Once a lawyerly panel, a takeover by a trio of conservatives deeply mistrustful of the state’s voting system has turned the board’s once mundane meetings into boisterous events packed with crowds of cheering and jeering activists.

— Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of crowds

Noun

Pokémon cards come in packs, the contents of which are unknown to buyers upon purchasing.

— Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 30 July 2026
On multiple occasions throughout the games’ TV coverage, the Team USA member was seen opening packs of Magic cards and spoke about her passion for the hobby during interviews.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 July 2026

Definition of packs

Noun

Theirs was a working-class community, nestled just a few blocks west of the presidential palace, that in recent years has been overrun by gangs and subjected to extreme and indiscriminate violence.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
The economy of malicious actors continues to expand, and cybercriminal enterprises are resembling corporate entities rather than traditional gangs.

— Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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