company

n

1. assemblage, group, body, circle, assembly; gathering, meeting, audience; concourse, rally, throng, number; entourage, cavalcade, drove, caravan; congregation, community, flock, host, lot; conclave, convocation, council, synod, consistory, conventicle; muster, mobilization, levy; association, union, convention, conference, congress; caucus, bloc, Rom. Antiq. comitia, junta; foregathering, conjunction, coalescence, convergence; concentration, aggregation, confluence, conflux.

2. companionship, fellowship, friendship, intimacy, intercourse, Inf. chumminess; association, consociation, sodality, society; comradeship, camaraderie, esprit de corps; fraternization, brotherhood, colleagueship.

3. guest or guests, visitor or visitors, caller, friends come to call; commensal, diner; habitue, frequenter; party-goers, partiers, celebrants, merrymakers, socialites.

4. business, firm, house, trust, establishment, institution, concern, Fr. maison, Inf. outfit; corporation, syndicate, association, holding company, partnership, copartnership, parent company, conglomerate.

5. guild, union, league, faction, fellowship; coalition, federation, alliance, Ger. Bund; organization, confederacy, combine.

6. crew, squad, team, detail, party; unit, detachment, division, band, outfit; posse, guard, patrol; column, wing, section, subdivision; brigade, regiment, garrison, troop, battery, contingent; squadron, battalion, platoon, force, corps; legion, cohort, phalanx.

7. cast, troupe, players, dramatis personae, actors, performers.

8. part company

a. break up, part, disunite, separate, dissociate, fall out, become estranged.b. differ, disagree, dissent, conflict, oppose, vary, be of a different opinion or of a different mind.c. depart, withdraw, take leave, leave, exit, Sl. split.