social group - people sharing some social relation

body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"

building - the occupants of a building; "the entire building complained about the noise"

carload - a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile

contingent - a gathering of persons representative of some larger group; "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics"

floor - the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat"

pair - two people considered as a unit

room - the people who are present in a room; "the whole room was cheering"

threesome, triad, trinity, trio - three people considered as a unit

turnout - the group that gathers together for a particular occasion; "a large turnout for the meeting"

foursome, quartette, quartet - four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m."

fivesome, quintette, quintet - five people considered as a unit

sixsome, sextette, sextet - six people considered as a unit

sevensome, septette, septet - seven people considered as a unit

eightsome, octette, octet - eight people considered as a unit

assembly - a group of persons gathered together for a common purpose

crowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"

concourse, throng, multitude - a large gathering of people

audience - a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough"

community - a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"

municipality - people living in a town or city having local self-government

cast, cast of characters, dramatis personae - the actors in a play

grade, class, form - a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"

year, class - a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"

social affair, social gathering - a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship

bunch, crowd, gang, crew - an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd"

meeting - a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"

covey - a small collection of people

quorum - a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business

mass meeting, rally - a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm

commune - a body of people or families living together and sharing everything

convocation - a group gathered in response to a summons

fair - gathering of producers to promote business; "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair"

bevy - a group of girls or young women

entourage, retinue, cortege, suite - the group following and attending to some important person

camp - a group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake"

muster - a gathering of military personnel for duty; "he was thrown in the brig for missing muster"

rap group - a gathering of people holding a rap session

rave-up - a raucous gathering

table - a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game; "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks"

wine tasting - a gathering of people to taste and compare different wines

system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"

group action - action taken by a group of people

mobilisation, mobilization - act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action; "mobilization of the country's economic resources"

calling together, convocation - the act of convoking

coming together, meeting - the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"

congregating, congregation - the act of congregating

convening, convention - the act of convening

concentration - bringing together military forces

group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

procession - the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden"

pharmacopoeia - a collection or stock of drugs

string - a collection of objects threaded on a single strand

wardrobe - collection of clothing belonging to one person

wardrobe - collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company

arms, implements of war, munition, weaponry, weapons system - weapons considered collectively

universe, population - (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population"

armamentarium - the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine

art collection - a collection of art works

backlog - an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)

battery - a collection of related things intended for use together; "took a battery of achievement tests"

block - a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit; "he reserved a large block of seats"; "he held a large block of the company's stock"

rule book, book - a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here"

bottle collection - a collection of bottles; "her bottle collection is arranged on glass shelves in the window"

caboodle, bunch, lot - any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"

coin collection - a collection of coins

collage - any collection of diverse things; "a collage of memories"

content - everything that is included in a collection; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content"

tout ensemble, ensemble - an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole

corpus - a collection of writings; "he edited the Hemingway corpus"

crop - a collection of people or things appearing together; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas"

tenantry - tenants of an estate considered as a group

findings - a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes

pack - a complete collection of similar things

deal, hand - the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand"

long suit - in a hand, the suit having the most cards

stamp collection - a collection of stamps

statuary - statues collectively

sum total, summation, sum - the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"

agglomeration - a jumbled collection or mass

gimmickry - a collection of gimmicks

nuclear club - the nations possessing nuclear weapons

heap, pile, cumulus, mound - a collection of objects laid on top of each other

mass - an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)

combination - a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities

congregation - an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together; "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over"

hit parade - a collection of the best or most popular people or items of a given kind

Judaica - historical and literary materials relating to Judaism

kludge - a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together)

program library, subroutine library, library - (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use

library - a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing