Synonyms and Antonyms of clan
1
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
- that clan of football fans has parties every weekend on which the New England Patriots play
body, bunch, circle, clique, community, coterie, coven, crowd, fold, galère, gang, klatch (also klatsch), lot, network, pack, ring, set
charmed circle, elite, in-group
closed shop
club, college, fellowship, guild (also gild), league, organization, society
camp, faction, sect, side, tribe
mess, squad
brotherhood, fraternity, order, sisterhood, sodality, sorority
commune
alliance, bloc, coalition, confederation, congress, council, federation, union
2
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
- the whole clan gets together only for holidays
blood, family, folks, house, kin, kindred, kinfolk (or kinfolks), kinsfolk, line, lineage, people, race, stock, tribe
blended family, nuclear family
extended family, household, kith
brood
descendant (also descendent), issue, offspring, progeny, scion, seed
clansman, kinsman, kinswoman, relative
dynasty
