coterie[noun]Synonyms: clique, cabal, camarilla, camp, circle, clan, in-group, mafia, mob, ring
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
co‧te‧rie /ˈkəʊtəri $ ˈkoʊ-/
noun [countable] formal[
Date: 1700-1800;
Language: French;
Origin: Old French, 'group of farmers renting land', from an unrecorded Old French cotier 'someone who lives in a cottage, farmer', from Medieval Latin cotarius, from English cot; ⇒ cottage]
a small group of people who enjoy doing the same things together, and do not like including others ⇒
clique [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲