Meaning

2 senses

  1. Of or pertaining to a clique.

  2. Tending to associate with a small and exclusive group.

More definitions
  • befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior

Forms

more cliquish, most cliquish
Comparativemore cliquish Lesson
Superlativemost cliquish Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior:clannishclubbysnobbishsnobby

Word family

3 related words
Relatedcliquishness
Derivedcliquishlyuncliquish

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
clippingcliqueclitoriscloakC1cloakroom
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