cliquish (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *cliquish*:
ADJECTIVE	all	cliquish, clannish, clubby, snobbish, snobby	befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior

English > *cliquish*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior.
Synonyms	clannish, clubby, snobbish, snobby
Broader	private	Confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
Spanish	esnob, esnobista, snob
Catalan	snob
Nouns	cliquishness	tendency to associate with only a select group
Adverbs	cliquishly	in a clannish manner

HyperDic: cliquish