| Main Entry: | communion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affinity, agreement |
Synonyms: |
accord, association, close relationship, closeness, communing, concord, contact, converse, fellowship, harmony, intercommunication, intercourse, intimacy, participation, rapport, sympathy, togetherness, unity |
Antonyms: |
antagonism, contention, disagreement, discord, disunity, division, hostility, variance |
| Main Entry: | communion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sacrament in church; body of believers sharing a sacrament |
Synonyms: |
Eucharist, Lord's Supper, Mass, breaking of bread, church, creed, denomination, faith, persuasion, religion, sacrament |
| 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, confederation, congruity, conjunction, connection, consanguinity, cooperation, engagement, entente, federation, fraternization, friendship, interrelation, kinship, league, marriage, matrimony, membership, mutuality, pact, participation, partnership, relation, support, tie, treaty, union |
Antonyms: |
antagonism, discord, disunion, divorce, estrangement, hostility, rebellion, separation, war |
| 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, ism, order, persuasion, religion, schism, sect, society |
| Main Entry: | communication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | giving, exchanging information, ideas |
Synonyms: |
advice, advisement, announcing, articulation, assertion, communion, connection, contact, conversation, converse, correspondence, corresponding, declaration, delivery, disclosing, dissemination, elucidation, expression, intelligence, interchange, intercommunication, intercourse, link, making known, mention, notifying, publication, reading, reception, revelation, talk, talking, telling, transfer, translating, transmission, utterance, writing |
Antonyms: |
concealment, cover, quiet, suppression, withholding |
| Main Entry: | contact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | form of communication |
Synonyms: |
acquaintance, association, channel, commerce, communion, companionship, connection, influence, intercourse, junction, meeting, network, touch, union, unity |
| Main Entry: | conversation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dialogue, discourse |
Synonyms: |
chat, colloquy, comment, communication, communion, confab, confabulation, conference, consultation, converse, debate, discussion, exchange, expression, gab, gossip, hearing, intercourse, jive, observation, palaver, parley, pillow talk, powwow, questioning, remark, repartee, speech, talk, talkfest, tète-à-tète, ventilation, visit, yak |
Antonyms: |
quiet, quietude, silence |
| Main Entry: | cooperation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mutual effort |
Synonyms: |
aid, alliance, assistance, cahoots, coaction, coadjuvancy, coalition, collaboration, combination, combined effort, communion, company, concert, concurrence, confederacy, confederation, confunction, conspiracy, doing business with, esprit de corps, federation, fusion, give-and-take, harmony, help, helpfulness, logrolling, participation, partisanship, partnership, playing ball, reciprocity, responsiveness, service, society, symbiosis, synergism, synergy, teaming, teamwork, unanimity, union, unity |
| Notes: | cooperation is always positive, collaboration is positive except in wartime (working with the enemy), and collusion is always negative (working together in secret for a dishonest purpose) |
Antonyms: |
blockage, delay, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, obstruction, prevention, stoppage |
| Main Entry: | denomination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | religious belief |
Synonyms: |
church, communion, connection, creed, cult, faith, group, persuasion, religion, school, sect |
| Main Entry: | empathy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | understanding |
Synonyms: |
affinity, appreciation, being on same wavelength, being there for someone, communion, community of interests, compassion, comprehension, concord, cottoning to, good vibrations, hitting it off, insight, picking up on, pity, rapport, recognition, responsiveness, soul, sympathy, warmth |
Antonyms: |
apathy, misunderstanding, unfeelingness |