Noun

• S: (n) masonry (structure built of stone or brick by a mason)
• S: (n) Freemasonry, Masonry (Freemasons collectively)
• member meronym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) secret society (a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) Freemasonry, Masonry (Freemasons collectively)
• S: (n) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, National Volunteers Association (an all-male organization begun in 1925 to foster nationalism in India's Hindus)
• S: (n) Ku Klux Klan, Klan, KKK (a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people)
• has instance
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) association (a formal organization of people or groups of people) "he joined the Modern Language Association"
• S: (n) American Baptist Convention, Northern Baptist Convention (an association of Northern Baptists)
• S: (n) Southern Baptist Convention (an association of Southern Baptists)
• S: (n) cooperative (an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it)
• S: (n) club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order (a formal association of people with similar interests) "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
• S: (n) family, fellowship (an association of people who share common beliefs or activities) "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship"
• S: (n) American Legion (the largest organization of United States war veterans)
• S: (n) Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW (an organization of United States war veterans)
• S: (n) league, conference (an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members)
• S: (n) secret society (a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers)
• S: (n) consortium, pool, syndicate (an association of companies for some definite purpose)
• S: (n) professional association (an association of practitioners of a given profession)
• S: (n) Fabian Society (an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism)
• S: (n) gang, pack, ring, mob (an association of criminals) "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"
• S: (n) legion (association of ex-servicemen) "the American Legion"
• S: (n) chamber of commerce (an association of businessmen to protect and promote business interests)
• S: (n) institute (an association organized to promote art or science or education)
• S: (n) sisterhood, sistership (an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest)
• S: (n) Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons, AARP (an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens)
• S: (n) National Association of Realtors (a United States association of real estate agents which follows a strict code of ethics)
• S: (n) Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN (an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism)
• S: (n) masonry (the craft of a mason)