Clan and Mob

Clan

Clan noun - A group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially.
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Synonyms for Clan

Mob is a synonym for clan in family topic. In some cases you can use "Mob" instead a noun "Clan".

Nearby Words: clansman, clanship

Mob

Mob noun - A group involved in secret or criminal activities.
Usage example: the club owner was accused of having connections with a mob of racketeers

Clan is a synonym for mob in group topic. Sometimes you can use "Clan" instead a noun "Mob", if it concerns topics such as large group of people.

Nearby Word: mobster

How words are described

human human clan human mob
old old clan old mob
similar similar clan similar mob
complete complete clan complete mob
Other adjectives: rival, single, small, powerful, actual, entire, violent, massive, large, big, huge, bad, new, traditional, former, different, local, resident.

Both words in one sentence

  • Happened to Raphael in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), when a mob of Foot clan members take him down and then beat him into a coma.
  • Two teenage hoodlums have been running out of control in the local Camorra clan's territory, despite warnings from the mob boss to behave themselves or die.
  • Mob Ties: The story of an American English Teacher in the Japan that we see in Shonen anime who finds himself accidentally engaged to the daughter of the leader of a clan of Yakuza.
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