CORE GROUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does core group mean? 

• CORE GROUP (noun)
  The noun CORE GROUP has 1 sense:

1. a small group of indispensable persons or things

  Familiarity information: CORE GROUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORE GROUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small group of indispensable persons or things

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

core; core group; nucleus

Context example:

five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program

Hypernyms ("core group" is a kind of...):

set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "core group"):

cadre (a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion)