band (1)EnglishOxford American Thesaurusband1 noun 1 she wore a scarlet band around her waist: belt, sash, girdle, strap, tape, ring, hoop, loop, circlet, circle, cord, tie, string, thong, ribbon, fillet, strip; literary cincture. 2 gray socks with a dark red band around their tops: stripe, strip, streak, line, bar, belt, swathe, vein, thread, flash; technical stria, striation, lane.