Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
organization (noun)1.
a) the act or process of or of being - organizing organized
b) the condition or manner of being organized
2.
a) - association society charitable organizations
b) an administrative and functional structure (as a business or a political party) , also the personnel of such a structure
characterized by complete conformity to the standards and requirements of an organization - an organization man
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
organization (noun)a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
SYNONIMS:
board, brotherhood, chamber, club, college, congress, consortium, council, fellowship, fraternity, guild ( gild), institute, institution, league, order, organization, society, sodalityRELATED WORDS:
collective, commune, community, cooperative; alliance, bloc, camp, coalition, partnership; body, cadre, group; circle, clan, clique, coterie, junta, junto, klatch ( klatsch), lot, set; crew, outfit, party, squad, team; branch, chapter, local; faithful, fold, membership; sisterhood, sorority; cabal, camarilla, camorra, confederacy, conspiracy; band, gang, ring; cartel, combine, syndicate