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adjective
- 1. (of a group or place) tending to form or hold exclusive groups and so not welcoming to outsiders: "a lot of boys grew up together, and the school was cliquey"
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CLIQUEY definition: 1. behaving like a clique, not making other people feel welcome: 2. behaving like a clique, not…. Learn more.
: a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons. especially : one held together by common interests, views, or purposes. high school cliques. cliquey. ˈkli-kē. also. ˈklē- adjective. cliquish. ˈkli-kish. adjective. cliquishly adverb. cliquishness noun. Synonyms. body. bunch. circle. clan. community. coterie. coven. crowd. fold. galère. gang. klatch
If you describe a group of people or their behaviour as cliquey, you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
Cliquey definition: exclusive, confined to a small group; forming cliques. See examples of CLIQUEY used in a sentence.
Define cliquey. cliquey synonyms, cliquey pronunciation, cliquey translation, English dictionary definition of cliquey. n. A small exclusive group of friends or associates. intr.v. cliqued , cliqu·ing , cliques Informal To form, associate in, or act as a clique.
Definition of cliquey adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a small group of people who spend their time together and do not welcome other people into that group: clique of Our golf club is run by a very unfriendly clique of people. There's a clique at work that never talks /who never talk to anyone else. Synonym. coterie. Compare. inner circle. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Groups of people.