GroupFormingGlossary

Here's a place where members of the GroupFormingMailingList can define the words we use in the context of group-forming.

First, here's what we've got to work with:

Synonyms for a group of people:

alliance association band body brigue brotherhood bunch cabal cahoot camarilla camorra circle clan clique club coalition collective combination communion community company confederacy confederation confraternity copartnership corporation coterie crew denomination establishment faction familistere familistery family federation fellowship firm gang group guild horde house institute institution joint concern junto knot league organization partnership party phalanx posse ring set side sisterhood society sodality solidarity syndicate team tong trades union union

Synonyms for forming:

aggregate assemble associate center round cluster collect collocate concentrate congegrate conglomerate convene crowd flock form gather herd huddle join mass meet precipitate rendezvous resort swarm throng unite