inner circle

Questions about inner circle

What does inner circle mean?

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

What is another word for inner circle?

Close synonyms include clique, coterie, ingroup, 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 inner circle a common word?

inner circle 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.