Clique and Order

Clique

Clique noun - A group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially.

Usage example: that clique refuses to even talk to outsiders at their lunch table

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Order and clique are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Order" instead a noun "Clique".

Nearby Words: cliquish, cliquey

Order noun - A group of persons formally joined together for some common interest.

Usage example: a religious order

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Clique and order are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Clique" instead a noun "Order".

Nearby Words: ordered, orderly, ordering, orderliness

old	old clique	old order
elite	elite clique	elite order
similar	similar clique	similar order
right	right clique	right order
Other adjectives: certain, small, powerful, actual, entire, large, wrong, social, secret, highest, titular, different, secretive.

Teen Novel "The Vigilantes of Emerson High" did this to an opponent of their law and order-type high school clique.

Source: Cut Phone Lines
Penny and Aggie: Penny gave Aggie this speech, which results in the two former adversaries becoming friends in order to take on Karen and her clique.

Source: Rousing Speech
In Renegadepress.com's "Giving Yourself Away", this is Deconstructed; Crystal is torn when she discovers that in order to join the cool clique in school, she has to perform oral sex.

Source: Girl Posse

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