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affiliation - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | affiliation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | association with an organization |
| Synonyms: | alliance, bunch, cahoots*, clan, coalition, combination, conjunction, connection, crew, crowd, gang, incorporation, league, mob, outfit, partnership, relationship, ring, syndicate, union, amalgamation, banding together, confederation, hookup, joining, merging, tie-in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | friendly association, agreement |
| Synonyms: | accord, affiliation, affinity, betrothal, bond, coalition, coherence, collaboration, collusion, combination, communion, compact, concord, concurrence, confederacy, congruity, conjunction, connection, consanguinity, cooperation, engagement, entente, federation, friendship, kinship, league, marriage, matrimony, membership, pact, participation, partnership, relation, support, tie, treaty, union, confederation, fraternization, interrelation, mutuality |
| Antonyms: | antagonism, discord, divorce, estrangement, hostility, rebellion, separation, war, disunion |
| Main Entry: | brotherhood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | association |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, clan, clique, community, confederacy, coterie, fellowship, fraternity, guild, kinship, league, society, union, comradeship |
| Antonyms: | sisterhood |
| Main Entry: | coalition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allied group, association |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, amalgam, bloc, combination, combine, compact, confederacy, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, faction, federation, fusion, integration, league, merger, party, ring, unification, union, amalgamation, anschluss, coadunation, confederation, melding, mergence, merging |
| Antonyms: | disassociation |
| Main Entry: | companionship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | friendship, accompaniment |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, amity, camaraderie, company, conviviality, esprit de corps, rapport, society, togetherness, union, comradeship |
| Antonyms: | antagonism, strangeness |
| Main Entry: | conjunction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combination |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, agreement, alliance, association, cahoots, coincidence, concurrence, juxtaposition, partnership, union, concomitance, congruency, conjointment, hookup, parallelism, tie-up* |
| Notes: | a conjunction is a word that connects: a coordinating conjunction connects similar elements (you and I), while a correlative conjunction has related parts (either/or) |
| Antonyms: | detachment, disconnection, division, separation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consanguinity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family relationship |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, affinity, agnate, brotherhood, cognate, connection, kin, kindred, kinship, lineage, race, sisterhood, strain, blood-relationship, family tie, filiation, kindredship |
| Main Entry: | fraternity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brotherhood |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, camaraderie, club, fellowship, guild, house, kinship, order, sisterhood, society, sorority, frat |
| Antonyms: | sisterhood, sorority |
| Main Entry: | partnership |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alliance; participation |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, assistance, association, band, body, brotherhood, business, cahoots*, cartel, clique, club, combination, combine, community, companionship, company, conglomerate, conjunction, connection, cooperation, cooperative, corporation, coterie, crew, faction, firm, fraternity, friendship, gang, help, house, interest, lodge, mob, organization, ownership, party, ring, sharing, sisterhood, society, sorority, togetherness, union, chumminess, consociation, hookup, joining, tie-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connection, family connection |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, affinity, alliance, association, consanguinity, kin, kindred, kinship, liaison, propinquity, relationship, relative, sibling, similarity, kinsperson |
| Main Entry: | relationship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connection; friendship |
| Synonyms: | accord, affair, affiliation, affinity, alliance, analogy, association, bond, communication, conjunction, consanguinity, contact, contingency, correlation, dependency, exchange, homogeneity, kinship, liaison, likeness, link, marriage, nearness, network, parallel, pertinence, proportion, rapport, ratio, relation, similarity, tie, appositeness, consociation, dependence, hookup, interconnection, interrelation, interrelationship, pertinency, relativity, relevance, tie-in, tie-up |
| Main Entry: | agreement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concurrence |
| Synonyms: | accession, accommodation, accord, adjustment, affiliation, affinity, alliance, amity, arbitration, arrangement, bargaining, compatibility, compliance, compromise, concert, concession, concord, conformity, congruity, consistency, correspondence, harmony, mediation, reconciliation, similarity, sympathy, understanding, union, unison, verification, verifying, acceding, accordance, acknowledging, approving, assenting, authorizing, complying, concordance, concurring, endorsing, granting, ratifying, suitableness |
| Antonyms: | disagreement |
| Main Entry: | association |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group with common interest or pursuit |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, band, bunch, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, company, confederacy, congress, cooperative, corporation, crew, crowd, family, federation, fellowship, fraternity, gang, guild, league, mob, order, organization, outfit, partnership, pool, ring, society, sodality, sorority, syndicate, tribe, troupe, union, zoo, combo, confederation, hookup, rat pack, tie-in, tie-up, troops |
| Main Entry: | association |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | friendship |
| Synonyms: | acquaintance, affiliation, agreement, assistance, camaraderie, companionship, conjunction, cooperation, familiarity, fellowship, friendliness, intimacy, membership, participation, partnership, relation, relationship, acquaintanceship, comradeship, fraternization, frequenting, hookup |
| Antonyms: | antagonism, isolation, opposition, rivalry, seclusion, separation, solitude, aloneness, disunion |
| Main Entry: | bond |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | association, relation |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, affinity, attachment, connection, friendship, liaison, link, marriage, network, obligation, relationship, restraint, tie, union, connective, hookup, interrelationship, tie-in |
| Main Entry: | church |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | religious belief, group |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, body, chapter, communion, congregation, connection, creed, cult, denomination, doctrine, faction, faith, gathering, order, persuasion, religion, schism, sect, society, ism |
| Main Entry: | club |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social organization |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, association, bunch, circle, clique, company, crew, faction, gang, guild, hangout*, league, lodge, meeting, mob, order, outfit, ring, set, society, sodality, stamping ground*, union |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | combination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alliance, association |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, bloc, cabal, cahoots, cartel, circle, clique, club, coalition, combine, compound, confederacy, conjunction, connection, consolidation, conspiracy, coterie, faction, federation, gang, guild, mafia, merger, partnership, party, pool, ring, set, syndicate, trust, unification, union, camarilla, coadunation, confederation, consortium, hookup, melding, mergence, merging, tie-up* |
| Antonyms: | dissolution, separation, disunion, severance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | connection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that connects, links |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, association, attachment, bond, combination, conjunction, fastening, joint, junction, juncture, link, network, seam, tie, union, conjointment, coupling, hookup, joining, linkage, partnerhip, tie-in, tie-up |
| Antonyms: | disconnection |
| Main Entry: | organization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group bound by interest/work/ goal |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, aggregation, alliance, association, band, body, business, cartel, circle, clique, club, coalition, combination, combine, company, concern, concord, cooperative, corporation, coterie, crew, establishment, federation, fraternity, guild, house, industry, institute, institution, league, lodge, machine, monopoly, order, outfit, party, profession, set, society, sodality, sorority, squad, syndicate, team, trade, troupe, trust, union, confederation, consortium |
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