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gang

noun

1 gang

An association of criminals:
— Police tried to break up the gang.

synonyms: mob, pack, ring.

Roget 792: thief, robber, homo triumliterarum [Lat.], pilferer, rifler, filcher, plagiarist.    spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder; harpy, shark [Slang], ... show more

Dutch: gang, jeugdbende
Polish: banda, chewra, hewra, szajka

2 gang

An informal body of friends.

synonyms: bunch, crew, crowd.

Roget 72: assemblage; collection, collocation, colligation; compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement; team; concourse, conflux, congregation, ... show more

Roget 712: party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band.    horde, posse, phalanx; family, clan, etc. ... show more

Dutch: gezelschap
Polish: koleżeństwo

3 gang

An organized group of workmen.

synonyms: crew, work party.

Dutch: bemanning, crew, ploeg

4 gang

Tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together.

verb

1 gang

Act as an organized group.

synonym: gang up.

Roget 264: be in motion etc. adj.; move, go, hie, gang, budge, stir, pass, flit; hover about, hover round, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: Bund, Rochdale cooperative, affiliate, age group, alliance, ally, army, assemblage, associate, association, axis, band, band together, battalion, be in cahoots, bevy, bloc, body, brigade, bunch ... show more.

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