English Explanatory Dictionary

clique

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.
  2. A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
  3. A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
  4. A shortened form of the Skeleton Clique, the fan base of the Twenty One Pilots.
verb
  1. To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.
name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Clique.
name
  1. Ellipsis of the Skeleton Clique (“the fan base of the Twenty One Pilots”).

Pronunciation

/kliːk/ en-uk-clique.ogg en-uk-clique-3.ogg En-us-clique.ogg /ˈklɪk/ En-us-clique.oga

Word forms

clique cliques cliquing cliqued the clique

Etymology

Borrowed from French clique, ultimately of imitative origin. Influenced by claque, though this may have happened in French rather than in English.

Synonyms

coterie inner circle camp

Antonyms

independent set

Related words

cliquey claque

Derived words

anticlique biclique cliquedom cliqueless cliquemate clique number cliquery clique tree clique width cliquey cliquish cliquism coclique hyperclique Skeleton Clique subclique clikkie
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