clique

noun

A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.

(graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.

(Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.

A shortened form of the Skeleton Clique, the fan base of the Twenty One Pilots.

Alternative letter-case form of Clique.

Ellipsis of the Skeleton Clique (“the fan base of the Twenty One Pilots”).

verb

(intransitive) To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.

Roots

cliquerclique- · French · to make a noise, click

Synonyms for clique

coterien ingroupn cabaln gangn camarillan factionn groupn possen clann mobn cadren packn

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