Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "crew" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

space shuttle

Capable Of

board ship man ship work on construction project

Derived Terms

Crews Hill air crew aircrew crew cab crew chief crew cut crew date crew neck crew resource management crew sock crew up crew-served crew-served weapon crewable crewdate crewer crewless crewman crewmate crewneck crewperson crewwoman crewyard cybercrew groundcrew handcrew multicrew recrew roadcrew stage crew traincrew uncrewed youth crew

Etymologically Related To

crewe

Inflected/Variant Forms

crow

Context

arts british derogatory dialectal hip hop nautical plural crew rowing scouting slang sports us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

assemblage gathering man social unit squad team unit

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Jew crew cabin crew commercial crew film crew flight crew ground crew motley crew movie crew pit crew prize crew road crew skeleton crew train crew

Type Of (IsA)

group of people working together team unit

Manner Of

man

Related Terms

army boat boat staff buzz buzz cut cast cut gents haircut haircut gents hip hop manx shearwater many people officer on ship on ships pen people recruit rooster rovers rowing ship ship staff ship workers shipmate ships short short haircut staff supply team workers

Synonym Network

clique crewer crowd gang posse seaman ship's company staff team

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.