Here's a place where we can define the words we use in the context of group-forming.
First, here's what we've got to work with:
Synonyms for a group of people:
- alliance association band body brigue brotherhood bunch cabal cahoot
camarilla camorra circle clan clique club coalition collective
combination communion community company confederacy confederation
confraternity copartnership corporation coterie crew denomination
establishment faction familistere familistery family federation
fellowship firm gang group guild horde house institute institution joint
concern junto knot league organization partnership party phalanx posse
ring set side sisterhood society sodality solidarity syndicate team tong
trades union union
Synonyms for forming:
- aggregate assemble associate center round cluster collect collocate
concentrate congegrate conglomerate convene crowd flock form gather herd
huddle join mass meet precipitate rendezvous resort swarm throng unite