ingroup

Other forms of ingroup

plural

ingroups·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ingroup

What does ingroup mean?

ingroup means "an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose".

How many syllables are in ingroup?

ingroup has 2 syllables: in-group. The stress falls on "in".

What is another word for ingroup?

Close synonyms include clique, coterie, inner circle, pack, camp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ingroup a common word?

ingroup is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.