Synonyms of the word sect


SECTCAMP - CLIQUE - COTERIE - FACTION - FAITH - INGROUP - PACK - RELIGION

sect

  • n. An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious…
  • n. A group following a specific ideal or a leader.
  • n. (obsolete) A cutting; a scion.

camp

  • n. (archaic) Conflict; battle.
  • n. An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.
  • n. An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.
  • n. A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.
  • n. A single hut or shelter.
  • n. The company or body of persons encamped.
  • n. A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings.
  • n. (uncommon) Campus.
  • n. (informal) A summer camp.
  • n. (agriculture) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against…
  • n. (Britain, obsolete) An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
  • v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive…
  • v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To wrangle; argue.
  • v. To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
  • v. To set up a camp.
  • v. (transitive) To afford rest or lodging for.
  • v. (video games) To stay in an advantageous location in a video game, such as next to a power-up's spawning…
  • n. An affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style.
  • adj. Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
  • adj. (of a man) Ostentatiously effeminate.
  • adj. Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.

clique

  • n. A small, exclusive group of individuals; cabal.
  • n. (graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
  • n. (Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership…
  • v. To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.

coterie

  • n. A circle of people who associate with one another.
  • n. An exclusive group of people, who associate closely for a common purpose; a clique.
  • n. A communal burrow of prairie dogs.

faction

  • n. A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion…
  • n. Strife; discord.
  • n. A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact…

faith

  • n. The process of forming or understanding abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience…
  • n. A religious belief system.
  • n. An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.
  • n. A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal.
  • n. (obsolete) Credibility or truth.

ingroup

  • n. (sociology) The social group that one belongs to.
  • n. (systematics) In cladistics, the monophyletic group that includes all taxa of interest to the current…

pack

  • n. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for…
  • n. A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack.
  • n. a multitude.
  • n. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
  • n. A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game.
  • n. A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
  • n. A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
  • n. A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
  • n. A group of Cub Scouts.
  • n. A shook of cask staves.
  • n. A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
  • n. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
  • n. (medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack,…
  • n. (slang): A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
  • n. (snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
  • n. (rugby) The team on the field.
  • v. (physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
  • v. (social) To cheat, to arrange matters unfairly.
  • v. (transitive) To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber.
  • v. To move, send or carry.
  • v. (transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
  • v. (intransitive, LGBT slang, of a drag king, transman, etc.) To wear a simulated penis or other manbulge-causing…

religion

  • n. (uncountable) The belief in and worship of a supernatural controlling power, especially a personal god…
  • n. (countable) A particular system of faith and worship.
  • n. (uncountable) The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.
  • n. (countable) Any practice to which someone or some group is seriously devoted.
  • n. (uncountable, obsolete) Faithfulness to a given principle; conscientiousness.
  • v. Engage in religious practice.
  • v. Indoctrinate into a specific religion.
  • v. To make sacred or symbolic; sanctify.

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