Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

membership

[mem-ber-ship] / ˈmɛm bərˌʃɪp /
NOUN
belonging to organization; those belonging to a group
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

After years of campus backlash and administrative crackdowns, fraternity membership has swelled this decade, as students have flocked to schools with big sports and robust social scenes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The two movements overlap heavily in membership and ideas, sharing an emphasis on reasoning through evidence and probabilities, and a conviction that preventing human extinction should be a top priority.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Being removed from the Premier League would mean City lose their membership and are demoted to a lower division from the end of the season.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

They were also focused on membership renewal rates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

For one thing, membership had decreased substantially in the past decade.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

Gross margins on memberships were 89% in the nine months ended June 30, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

The company has five million paying members and reported gross margins of 89% on memberships for the nine-month period.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Next week’s Don’t Short Yourself is about how shoppers can negotiate the price of almost anything: furniture, gym memberships, even college tuition.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

The golf course was built in the mid-1920s by Woodland Hills developer Victor Giraud, who gave away free club memberships to people buying lots in his housing tract.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

Chess clubs everywhere saw memberships swell; during the match, the Marshall Chess Club’s roster doubled to six hundred, and the United States Chess Federation added tens of thousands to the fold.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




Vocabulary lists containing membership


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training