cliquish adj 1: befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior [syn: {clannish}, {cliquish}, {clubby}, {snobbish}, {snobby}]
cliquish \cli"quish\ (kl[=e]"k[i^]sh), a. Of or pertaining to a clique; disposed to from cliques; exclusive in spirit. -- {Cli"*quish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "cliquish": arrogant, clannish, cliquey, contemptuous, contumelious, disdainful, elect, ethnocentric, exclusive, haughty, scornful, select, selective, sneering, sniffy, snobbish, snobby, snooty, snotty, supercilious, toploftical, toplofty, withering