Another word for band
band
n.
A beltlike strip
ribbon, belt, line, strip, tape, fillet, sash, twine, twist, riband, cingle, surcingle, girth, cincture, cinch, scarf, bandage, circuit, meridian, latitude, circle, ring, orbit, stripe, girdle, zodiac, zonule, circumference, border, cordon, zone, streak, thong, wristband, braid, ferrule, brace, strap, binding, hoop, waistband, cummerbund, obi, baldric, collar, hatband, headband; see also stripe.
That which binds
bond, tie, ligature, binding, binder, hoop, stay, truss, belt, shackle, cord, tendon, harness, cable, rope, link, chain, line, hawser, string, guy wire, guy, painter, strap, trace, thong, withe; see also sense 1, dressing 3, rope, wire 1.
A company of people
troop, group, collection, association; see gathering, troop.
A group of musicians
orchestra, company, ensemble, group, troupe, combo*.
Kinds of bands include: military, brass, street, skiffle, concert, parade, jazz, rock, electric, stage, dance, German, Dixieland, jug, swing*, sweet*. See syn. study at troop.troop.
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Another word for band
A number of individuals making up or considered a unit:
array, batch, bevy, body, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, clutch2, collection, group, knot, lot, party, set2. See groupA group of people acting together in a shared activity:
company, corps, party, troop, troupe. See performing artsAn organized group of criminals, hoodlums, or wrongdoers:
gang, pack, ring1. (Informal) mob. See group
A long narrow piece, as of material:
bandeau, fillet, strip2, stripe. See matterA closed plane curve everywhere equidistant from a fixed point or something shaped like this:
circle, circuit, disk, gyre, ring1, wheel. (Archaic) orb. See geometry
To encircle with or as if with a band:
begird, belt, cincture, compass, encompass, engirdle, gird, girdle, girt, ring1. (Archaic) engird. See edge
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