Clan

What do we mean by clan?

A traditional social unit in the Scottish Highlands, consisting of a number of families claiming a common ancestor and following the same hereditary chieftain. noun

A division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor. noun

A large group of relatives, friends, or associates. noun

A race; a family; a tribe; an association of persons under a chieftain; especially, such a family or tribe among the Highlanders of Scotland. noun

Figuratively, a clique, sect, set, society, or body of persons closely united by some common interest or pursuit, and supposed to have a spirit of exclusiveness toward others. noun

Synonyms Tribe, Race, etc. See people. noun

A social unit in a tribe in which descent is reckoned in the maternal line; a group of people supposed to be descended from a common ancestor, descent being reckoned in the female line. In this sense it is opposed to gens, the social unit in a tribe in which descent is reckoned in the paternal line. noun

A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname. noun

A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously. noun

A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief. noun

A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain noun

Any association of people behaving clannishly. noun

A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games. noun

Group of people related by blood or marriage noun

A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.

A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain

Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.

A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.

A badger colony.

Words that are spelled similarly to clan:
clan.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word clan:
taira, shogunate, mackintosh, tartan, oda, munro, edo, meiji, gael, jacobite, mackenzie, samurai, descended, sept, hereditary, tribe, angus, somali, lyon, ancestor, lineage, ancestral, crest, highland, cameron, ninja, fraser, domain, elders, gaelic, donald, descendants, surname, descendant, feud, lowland, ancestors, qing, scottish, descent, badge, empress, punjab, confederation, castle, dynasty, han, ancestry, ibn, ruled, chief, warrior, prefecture, lands, heir, emperor, ruler, mac, grandson, earl, eldest, tribal, fought, originated, ross, recognised, generations, lord, muhammad, powerful, cousin, grandfather, warriors, kim, throne, arms, noble, gordon, scotland, elder, rebellion, province, battle.

Words that rhyme with clan:
man, plan, can, pan, span, than, fan, scan, ban, tan, caravan, van, japan, an, cyan, san, lifespan, dan, deadpan, pecan, divan, ann, flan, bran, sedan, began, stan, nan, lan, anne, handyman, iran, rattan, afghan, journeyman, superman, ran, batman, gamesman, shan, sudan, caftan, sideman, clergyman, bogeyman, middleman, sandman, mann, snowman, suntan, quean, catamaran, quran, milan, chan, gan, minuteman, tarzan, merman, pakistan, businessman, hitman, caveman, gran, jan, loran, yan, klan, afghanistan, liane, fisherman, saran, straw man, bhutan, kinsman, floor plan, tran, rodin, scran, other than, cannes, doorman, saucepan, zan, strongman, taliban, madman, cancan, kan, tristan, helmsman, moulin, skean, hann, bedpan, kazakhstan, ferdinand, anchorman, moran, walkman.

Adjectives that are often used to describe clan:
same, own, whole, entire, sub, royal, powerful, particular, large, imperial, single, local, dominant, ancient, numerous, totemic, patrilineal, rival, matrilineal, noble, extended, scottish, famous, maternal, rajput, aristocratic, exogamous, priestly, primitive, neighbouring, largest, separate, prominent, natal, tribal, wealthy, conical, paternal, patriarchal, knit, irish, influential, hostile, umayyad, warlike, feudal, neighboring, proud, illustrious, senior, mighty, inter, learned, corn, injured, yang, distinguished, scotch.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective clan:
gael, members, alpine, name, names, membership, system, exogamy, leaders, chiefs, elders, organization, village, groups, head, heads, leader, ties, warfare, marriage, feuds, loyalty, relations, associations, land, group, nagael, relationships, solidarity, villages, chief, affiliation, god, property, rivalry, society, rivalries, marriages, families, gods, disputes, control, family, brother, structure, fighting, feeling, house, identity, mates, community, conflicts, kin, lands, communities, settlement, sister, brothers, conflict, albin, mothers, relationship, fights, kinship, territory, hamlet, loyalties, ranald, matter, consciousness, moiety, organisation, spirit, member, politics, wars, alpin, section, histories, marks, segment, colla, chieftains, battle, societies, alliances, barrios, segments, feuding, divisions, cult, divinities, territories, descent, incest.

Consonant match to clan:
clean, clown, clone, cline, klein, klan, kline, clune, klone, kleine, klann, clyne, clin-, klahn, kleen, kloehn.

Words that sound like clan:
clan, klan, klann, clean, clown, clone, clam, clang, klein, cline, kline, cleen, clon, clin, clyne, klin, klang, clune, kleine, klon, klam, klamm, klun, clene, clin-, cloyne, glan, can, climb, claim, cling, clans, clime, clung, clim, clem, kan, cannes, cann, clum, kling, caen, cahn, klem, kann, klatch, clong, klim, canne, clatch, klemm, cloom, cln, klong, klumb, clom, kanne, clomb, clach, klatsch, uclan, klemme, kln, glen, glam, glean, glenn, gleen, glynn, glyn, glane, glin, glynne, glinn, cane, cam, cain, callin, caine, cayenne, callen, callan, cailin, calin, caan, calen, call in, calan, camm, cang, ccan, cayne, caelin, call on, camb, chienne, call-in, acklin, cauline, bklyn.