crew

Speech parts

1. crew - Noun

2. crew - Verb

4. Crew - Proper noun

Meaning

The Manx shearwater.

A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng.

The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat.

In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew.

imp. of Crow

of Crow

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gang bunch group company team party band staff crowd posse unit horde personnel pack complement
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Antonyms

army senate legion bureau conservancy assembly
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Hypernyms

man team unit gathering assemblage squad

Hyponyms

shift detail merchant marine chain gang road gang aircrew

Phrases with the word

stage crew crew of people train crew member daytime crew dayshift crew deck crew

Examples

There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew. Marshall McLuhan

The captain, thinking over this event afterward, realized that by his own lifelong standards he had a crew composed entirely of lunatics, with himself well to the front in degree of aberration; but he was fairly sure that this particular form of insanity was going to be useful. Hal Clement

Yeah, that came out of a reading. It was great. It's such a fun crew to be with, and we all went out the night before and that really encouraged us to go out and get drunk. John Leguizamo

No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing. Ralph Waldo Emerson

In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly. John Scalzi

The success of the film is down to the crew. Dougray Scott

Close letter words and terms

Crevier crevis Creviston crew cab crew chief crew compartment in an airliner