MEMBERSHIP Synonyms: 125 Similar and Opposite Words

membership

noun

Definition of membership

as in community

the people who belong to a group or organization Club leaders are elected by the membership.

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as in roster

the number of people in a group or organization The club's membership has been around 400 for the past several years.

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as in association

the state of being a member of a group or organization We allowed our membership in the discount club to lapse.

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Recent Examples of membership For a woman weighing a cold plunge membership against a sauna pass, the clinical conversation is finally catching up to what the body may already be signaling. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 Roughly half of users increased their spending on fitness services, such as gym memberships, while 46% switched apparel brands. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 An Executive membership adds 2% cash back on qualified purchases up to $1,250 per year, plus access to early shopping hours and service discounts. — Dan Avery, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 Whether a player is bound depends on several factors, including class membership and the claims and time periods covered. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for membership

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Noun

The Sun enters your 11th House, beginning a month focused on friends, communities, collaborations, networks, and your longer-term hopes.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026
Ahead of the game’s thirtieth anniversary, Blond sat down with Variety to reminisce about that first audition, the role Lara continues to play in her life and the impact of AI on the voice acting community.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of community

Noun

The association remained after accounting for whether patients completed radiation on time, suggesting that on-time completion may not fully explain the difference.

— Marci Lee Nilsen, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2026
Mike Elliott, senior director of Banner Sports Medicine High Performance Center, told Banner Health that most of the available research is observational and shows association rather than direct cause.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of association

Noun

An organization with Republican ties has distributed fliers promoting a socialist candidate, an apparent effort to pull support away from Brown.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
Wagmor became famous in 2019 after the organization was featured on Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show.

— Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of organization

Noun

But the fact that Ammann’s platelet count, like Lanitis’s and Hawrylak’s, had been impacted after the alpha-lipoic- acid infusion suggested that Ammann, too, might have had an adverse response.

— D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
In July, Brown pleaded guilty to a count of affray at London’s Southwark Crown Court for attacking a music producer with a tequila bottle on the head.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of count

Noun

Into the early 1950s, recent Chinese immigrants with any potential Communist affiliation were detained on Ellis Island or deported to Red China.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
In the latest polling, 52% of Catholics said moderate alcohol consumption is bad for health, alongside 56% of adults with no religious affiliation and 48% of Protestants.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of affiliation

Noun

Anthropic’s own customer blog profiles Jared Sires, a startup account executive who joined the sales team in 2024 with no coding background.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Jullien Harneis, the UN’s senior Ebola coordinator, said the outbreak’s expanding reach required more teams, coordination and logistical support.

— Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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