Definition for Clan:

• A tribe or collection of families subject to a single chieftain, bearing the same surname, and supposed to have a common ancestor: a clique, sect, or body of persons.

Synonyms for Clan:

• n.

  •
  • house,
  • gaggle,
  • rogues' gallery,
  • moiety.
  •
  • kith and kin,
  • dynasty,
  • a broken home,
  • flesh and blood.
  •affiliation (noun)
  • in corporation,
  • tiein,
  • league,
  • banding togethers,
  • out fit,
  • out fits,
  • in-corporations,
  • tie in,
  • banding together,
  • joinings,
  • mergings,
  • in corporations,
  • out-fit,
  • out-fits,
  • partnership,
  • in-corporation.
  •ancestry (noun)
  • stock.
  •ancestry, heritage (noun)
  • pedigree.
  •association (noun)
  • co-operative,
  • combo,
  • organization,
  • co-operatives,
  • rat pack,
  • combos,
  • cooperatives,
  • rat packs,
  • fraternity,
  • co operatives,
  • brotherhood,
  • tieup,
  • co operative.
  •association with an organization (noun)
  • affiliation.
  •blood relative (noun)
  • kin,
  • kindred.
  •business organization, usually large (noun)
  • corporation.
  •category (noun)
  • caste,
  • classification,
  • genus,
  • phylum,
  • feather,
  • stamp,
  • level,
  • grade,
  • type,
  • variety,
  • mold,
  • rank,
  • grain,
  • taxonomy,
  • label,
  • kingdom,
  • form,
  • brand,
  • persuasion,
  • denomination,
  • species,
  • degree,
  • race,
  • series,
  • step,
  • breed,
  • class,
  • strain,
  • order,
  • style,
  • designation,
  • ilk,
  • sort,
  • people,
  • stripe,
  • kind,
  • genotype,
  • category,
  • make,
  • line.
  •circle (noun)
  • in-group,
  • ingroup,
  • school,
  • in-groups,
  • in-sider,
  • in group,
  • camarillas,
  • ingroups,
  • insider,
  • in sider,
  • camarilla,
  • insiders,
  • in groups.
  •clan (noun)
  • tribe,
  • kin group,
  • kinship group.
  •class (noun)
  • nobility,
  • intelligentsias,
  • de scents,
  • de-scents,
  • de gree,
  • ex tractions,
  • the right stuff,
  • tier,
  • de scent,
  • bourgeoisie,
  • de grees,
  • ex traction,
  • ex-traction,
  • hierarchy,
  • social ranks,
  • cultural level,
  • ex-tractions,
  • de-scent,
  • bourgeoisies,
  • de-gree,
  • cultural levels,
  • intelligentsia,
  • social rank,
  • the right stuffs,
  • de-grees.
  •company (noun)
  • throngs,
  • retinue,
  • troop.
  •corporation (noun)
  • octopuses,
  • corporate bodies,
  • multi-national,
  • legal entity,
  • multinational,
  • octopus,
  • multi national,
  • corporate body,
  • multi-nationals,
  • legal entities,
  • octopi,
  • megacorps,
  • multinationals,
  • megacorp,
  • multi nationals.
  •council (noun)
  • senate,
  • senates,
  • official family,
  • directorate,
  • directorates,
  • governing body,
  • groupthink.
  •crew (noun)
  • troupe,
  • assemblage,
  • host,
  • platoon,
  • phalanx,
  • crowd,
  • colony,
  • union,
  • cabal,
  • detail,
  • string,
  • band,
  • caucus,
  • bunch,
  • faction,
  • army,
  • posse,
  • division,
  • party,
  • drove,
  • junta,
  • detachment,
  • team,
  • nest,
  • crew,
  • club,
  • coalition,
  • circle,
  • force,
  • mob,
  • group,
  • pack,
  • cell,
  • flock,
  • hive,
  • body,
  • ring,
  • set,
  • aggregation,
  • coterie,
  • company,
  • cadre,
  • assembly,
  • fleet,
  • clique,
  • fellowship,
  • collection,
  • brigade,
  • complement,
  • herd,
  • regiment,
  • wing,
  • sect,
  • squad,
  • staff,
  • outfit,
  • battalion,
  • gang,
  • bevy,
  • covey,
  • litter.
  •cultural subgroup (noun)
  • subculture.
  •faction (noun)
  • de sign,
  • splinter group,
  • sectors,
  • de signs,
  • de-sign,
  • de-signs.
  •family (noun)
  • heirs and assign,
  • Family,
  • in-law,
  • sub divisions,
  • Inlaw,
  • inlaws,
  • pro-genitor,
  • in heritances,
  • in law,
  • heirs and assigns,
  • pro-genitors,
  • heirs assign,
  • kith kin,
  • in heritance,
  • pro genitors,
  • pro genitor,
  • in-heritances,
  • fore bear,
  • sub-divisions,
  • genres,
  • fore bears,
  • sub division,
  • childrens,
  • in-heritance,
  • fore-bear,
  • heirs assigns,
  • sub-division,
  • fore-bears,
  • in laws,
  • folks,
  • in-laws,
  • forebear.
  •family, clique (noun)
  • crush,
  • association,
  • kinfolks,
  • sodality.
  •family relationship (noun)
  • kinship.
  •folk (noun)
  • general publics,
  • culture groups,
  • ethnic group,
  • Ethnic Groups,
  • in-habitants,
  • culture group,
  • general public,
  • in habitants.
  •group (noun)
  • clan.
  •group sharing belief (noun)
  • cult.
  •herd (noun)
  • be-vies,
  • gaggles,
  • be vies.
  •kin (noun)
  • kinspeople,
  • kinsperson,
  • kith,
  • kinspersons,
  • kinsfolks,
  • kiths.
  •kindred (noun)
  • homefolk,
  • homefolks.
  •kinship (noun)
  • fatherhood,
  • father,
  • blood,
  • consanguinity,
  • nephew,
  • kinfolk,
  • mother,
  • niece,
  • heredity,
  • lineage,
  • maternity,
  • relative,
  • ancestor,
  • aunt,
  • relation,
  • motherhood,
  • cousin,
  • brother,
  • uncle,
  • flesh,
  • sisterhood,
  • paternity,
  • sister.
  •lineage (noun)
  • stirpes,
  • Stirps.
  •people (noun)
  • rank and file,
  • human race,
  • person in the street,
  • peoples.
  •people assembled for purpose (noun)
  • council.
  •person's relations, acquaintances (noun)
  • folk.
  •race (noun)
  • cultural group,
  • cultural groups.
  •ring (noun)
  • Monopolies,
  • junto,
  • Juntos.
  •stock (noun)
  • line of descent,
  • line descent.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • One Parent Family,
  • nuclear family,
  • PEEPS,
  • Single Parent Family.
  •
  • patriarchy.
  •
  • boy.
  •
  • unit.

Paraphrases for Clan:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    tribesmen, flock, herd, vampire.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    coven, faction, cookout.

Antonyms for Clan:

• n.

  • family, clique
    individual.
  • Other antonyms:
    extraction, pedigree, ancestry, birth, loner, origin, descent, individualist.

Clan Sentence Examples:

• Thus the estate perhaps is improved, but the clan is broken.

• They stick together - they have a clan.

Homophones for Clan:

• Klann, klan, klahn.

Hypernym for Clan:

• n.

  • group
    folks, Family, mishpachah, totem, Twelve Tribes Of israel, genealogy, mishpocha, family unit, Tribes Of Israel, family tree.

Hyponym for Clan:

• n.

  • group
    social group.

Meronym for Clan:

• n.

  • group
    clanswoman, clan member, clansman, relation, relative, tribesman.