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Antonyms for clique

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kleek, klik
Phonetic Transcription : klik, klɪk


Definition of clique

Origin :
  • 1711, "a party of persons; a small set, especially one associating for exclusivity," from obsolete French clique, originally (14c.) "a sharp noise," also "latch, bolt of a door," from Old French cliquer "click, clatter, crackle, clink," 13c., echoic. Apparently this word was at one time treated in French as the equivalent of claque (q.v.) and partook of that word's theatrical sense.
  • noun group of friends
Example sentences :
  • This clique is the most variously and most curiously composed.
  • Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
  • The "clique" will take no less than a modest fortune, hundreds of thousands of dollars.
  • Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch
  • I wish to leave the clique for reasons of my own, and to do this I must have money.
  • Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch
  • It may be guessed that Haldimand was not a popular governor with the English clique.
  • Extract from : « Canada: the Empire of the North » by Agnes C. Laut
  • Liquor was the only bond which held the clique together there.
  • Extract from : « When Life Was Young » by C. A. Stephens
  • I might call them a clique; but that is not a good word, and does not express what I mean.
  • Extract from : « The Scalp Hunters » by Mayne Reid
  • Belong to no clique and, of course, you are Bavius or Maevius.
  • Extract from : « Kenelm Chillingly, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Without his clique he is but a wit; with his clique, a power.
  • Extract from : « The Parisians, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • But when I bid high for him, it is his clique that I bid for.
  • Extract from : « The Parisians, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • A clique were shocked at her; it was not her salaciousness they objected to but her success.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. I (of 6) » by Aphra Behn

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