GALERE Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

galère

noun

ga-ˈler

Definition of galère

as in network

a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially charged that the campus newspaper had been completely taken over by a galère of right-wing zealots

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Noun

At Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, its flagship, Anthem’s broad-network plan pays almost $100,000 for a major joint replacement, compared with $28,000 from Medicare.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
With climate change making natural disasters far more frequent, some consumers are turning to smaller off-grid electric networks to generate power in the event of a catastrophe.

— Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of network

Noun

The hotel draws a significant business and convention crowd, as well as fans in town for a big game.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
The series follows the Canadian team’s historic run to the World Cup final, where they were ultimately toppled by host country England, going down 33-13 in front of a sellout crowd of 82,000 at Twickenham Stadium in South West London.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of crowd

Noun

So Sherman bought a bunch of funky fabric and cheap rhinestone jewelry and recreated the poses herself, as only the great artist of our postmodern age could.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 9 Oct. 2026
Of course, the first film, Raiders of the Lost Ark, remains the best of the bunch, but there’s some value and fun in Temple of Doom and The Last Crusade too (and even parts of Crystal Skull.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of bunch

Noun

The first trial of Payton and Dandrae Martin lasted weeks and included extensive testimony from police investigators, gang experts and the defendants themselves.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
As Brazil has lost the ability to control its own security agenda, decisions about how to handle criminal gangs operating from its territory are increasingly made outside the country.

— MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of gang

Noun

That is in part thanks to the opacity of AI technology but also because this clique is much smaller.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
Not enough praise can be heaped upon the excellent cast (in addition to those mentioned above, there’s the terrific Nia Otchere-Sarfo and Jordan Rice rounding out the clique).

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of clique

Noun

On a frigid but bright December morning, David Ellison, his top legal chief Makan Delrahim and coterie of executives took over a subterranean space in the New York City office of investment bank UBS.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Beck was an art piece, a Happening, a mobile performance installation made by the tireless work of a small coterie of people, including Leigh.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of coterie

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