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union - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | union |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | merger, joining |
| Synonyms: | abutment, accord, agreement, amalgam, blend, centralization, combination, compound, concatenation, concord, concurrence, confluence, congregation, conjunction, consolidation, correlation, fusion, harmony, incorporation, intercourse, joint, junction, juncture, meeting, mixture, seam, synthesis, unification, unison, unity, agglutination, amalgamation, coadunation, coming together, commixture, conciliation, coupling, hookup, melding, merging, symbiosis, tie-in, tie-up, unanimity, uniting |
| Antonyms: | division, divorce, separation |
| Main Entry: | union |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group with shared interest, cause |
| Synonyms: | alliance, association, brotherhood, club, coalition, confederacy, congress, federation, guild, labor union, league, local, order, sisterhood, society, sodality, syndicate, trade union, confederation, employees |
| Antonyms: | management |
| 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: | blend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composite, mix |
| Synonyms: | alloy, amalgam, brew, combination, composite, compound, concoction, fusion, mixture, synthesis, union, amalgamation, commixture, interfusion, intermixture |
| Antonyms: | separation, natural element |
| 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: | coherence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
| Synonyms: | adherence, attachment, bond, cling, clinging, conformity, congruity, connection, consistency, consonance, construction, continuity, correspondence, integrity, solidarity, tenacity, union, unity, cementation, comprehensibility, concordance, inseparability, inseparableness, intelligibility, rationality, relations, stickage |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, incoherence, incongruity, nonsense, unintelligibility |
| 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: | composite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combination, mixture |
| Synonyms: | amalgam, blend, complex, compost, compound, conglomerate, fusion, medley, mix, olio, stew*, synthesis, union, amalgamation, combo, commixture, immixture, intermixture, pasteup |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compound |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combination, mixture |
| Synonyms: | admixture, aggregate, alloy, amalgam, blend, composite, composition, compost, conglomerate, fusion, goulash, medley, mishmash*, stew, synthesis, union, amalgamation, combo, commixture, soup |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confederacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coalition |
| Synonyms: | alliance, bond, compact, conspiracy, covenant, federation, government, league, organization, union, anschluss, confederation |
| Main Entry: | confluence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming together |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, assembly, concourse, concurrence, convergence, crowd, gathering, host, junction, meeting, mob, multitude, union, concursion, conflux |
| Main Entry: | congress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delegation of representatives |
| Synonyms: | assembly, association, caucus, chamber, club, committee, conclave, conference, convention, convocation, council, government, guild, league, legislature, meeting, order, parliament, society, union, delegates, legislative body, senate, the Hill, the house |
| 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: | cooperation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mutual effort |
| Synonyms: | aid, alliance, assistance, cahoots*, coalition, collaboration, combination, communion, company, concert, concurrence, confederacy, conspiracy, esprit de corps, federation, fusion, give-and-take, harmony, help, helpfulness, participation, partnership, reciprocity, service, society, synergy, teamwork, union, unity, coaction, coadjuvancy, combined effort, confederation, confunction, doing business with, logrolling, partisanship, playing ball, responsiveness, symbiosis, synergism, teaming, unanimity |
| Antonyms: | delay, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, obstruction, prevention, stoppage, blockage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | empire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place ruled by sovereign; rule |
| Synonyms: | authority, command, commonwealth, control, domain, dominion, federation, government, people, power, realm, sovereignty, supremacy, sway, union |
| Main Entry: | federation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | partnership, organization |
| Synonyms: | alliance, association, bunch, coalition, combination, confederacy, crew, crowd, entente, family, gang, league, mob, outfit, pool, ring, syndicate, tribe, union, amalgamation, federacy, syndication |
| Main Entry: | fusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | melding; mixture |
| Synonyms: | admixture, alloy, amalgam, blend, coalition, compound, federation, heating, integration, junction, melting, merger, synthesis, unification, union, amalgamation, blending, coadunation, coalescence, commingling, commixture, immixture, intermixture, liquefaction, liquification, merging, smelting, soldering, uniting, welding |
| Antonyms: | disconnection, division, separation |
| Main Entry: | gathering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assemblage, accumulation |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, affair, aggregate, aggregation, association, band, body, bunch, caucus, collection, company, concentration, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, crush, drove, flock, function, gain, get-together, group, heap, herd, horde, huddle, junction, knot, levy, mass, meet, meeting, muster, parley, party, pile, powwow*, rally, roundup, society, stock, stockpile, swarm, throng, turnout, union, clambake, social function |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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