crew
[noun]
Synonyms:
- (ship's) company, hands, (ship's) complement
- team, corps, gang, posse, squad
- crowd, band, bunch (informal), gang, horde, mob, pack, set

---

Related Words: aggregation, collection, congregation, gang, retinue, set

---

English Thesaurus: group, crowd, mob, mass, bunch, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. crew¹ S3 W3 /kruː/ noun
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: crew 'additional soldiers, reinforcements' (15-16 centuries), from Old French creue 'increase', from creistre; ⇒ crescent]

1. [countable] all the people who work on a ship or plane:
The plane crashed, killing two of the crew and four passengers.
crew of
He joined the crew of a large fishing boat.
a crew member

2. [countable] a group of people working together with special skills:
a TV camera crew ⇒ ground crew

3. [countable] a team of people who compete in rowing races:
Who will be on the college crew?

4. [singular] a group of people or friends – often used to show disapproval:
The volunteers were a motley crew (=very mixed group of people).
Do you still hang out with the same crew?

5. [countable] informal
a) a group of musicians, especially ones playing hip hop, rap, or garage music
b) a group of hip hop dancers

6. [countable] informal a group of young people who spend time together, often one that is involved in crime, drugs, or violence Synonym : gang

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. crew² verb [intransitive and transitive]
to be part of the crew on a boat:
The boat is crewed by ten men.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

crew
noun
ADJ. experienced | inexperienced, novice | emergency, skeleton | aircraft, bomber, lifeboat, ship's, submarine, tank, train | cabin, flight, ground, maintenance, support | ambulance, camera, demolition, film, fire, gun, production, road, stage, television, TV Fire crews were called to the scene.
CREW + NOUN member
PREP. in a/the ~ all the men and women in the crew
PHRASES a member of the crew

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

crew

a film crew
The film crew were making a political documentary.
a camera crew
a BBC camera crew
a television/TV crew
Journalists and TV crews were waiting outside their house.
a stage crew (=working to produce a play)
There is a cast of 100 and a stage crew of twenty.
a production crew (=working to produce a film, programme, play etc)
She’s a member of the production crew for a new television series.
a fire crew
Fire crews took more than three hours to bring the blaze under control.
an ambulance crew
The woman had to be rescued from her car by an ambulance crew.
the ground crew (=the people who prepare an airplane to fly)
The ground crew were refueling the plane.
the cabin crew (=the people who work inside an airplane, especially the flight attendants)
I was impressed by the polite and efficient cabin crew.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

group several people together in the same place:
A group of boys stood by the school gate.
Arrange yourselves in groups of three.
crowd a large group of people who have come to a place to do something:
There were crowds of shoppers in the streets.
The crowd all cheered.
mob a large, noisy, and perhaps violent crowd:
An angry mob of demonstrators approached.
mass a large group of people all close together in one place, so that they seem like a single thing:
The square in front of the station was a solid mass of people.
bunch informal a group of people who are all similar in some way:
They’re a nice bunch of kids.
gang a group of young people, especially a group that often causes trouble and fights:
He was attacked by a gang of youths.
rabble a noisy group of people who are behaving badly:
He was met by a rabble of noisy angry youths.
horde a very large group of people who all go somewhere:
In summer hordes of tourists flock to the island.
There were hordes of people coming out of the subway.
crew a group of people who all work together, especially on a ship or plane:
the ship’s crew
The flight crew will serve drinks shortly.
party a group of people who are travelling or working together:
A party of tourists stood at the entrance to the temple.
herd a group of cows, deer, or elephants:
A herd of cows was blocking the road.
team a group of people who work together:
She is being cared for by a team of doctors.
flock a group of sheep or birds:
a flock of seagulls
The farmer has over 100 sheep in his flock.
pack a group of dogs or wolves:
Some dogs are bred to work in packs.
litter a group of kittens or puppies born at one time to a particular mother:
He was one of a litter of seven puppies.
school/shoal a group of fish or dolphins:
Piranha fish live in shoals in the wild.
bundle several papers, clothes, or sticks held or tied together in an untidy pile:
Bundles of papers and files filled the shelves.
cluster a group of things of the same kind that are close together in a place:
a cluster of stars
Our road ended at a cluster of cottages.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

crew
̈ɪkru:
See: section gang or section crew

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲