Nouns (46)
union
n. a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
union
n. the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"
union
n. a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations; "the Soviet Union"
union
n. the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union"
union, conglutination
n. healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
labor, labour, toil
n. productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
Labor, Department of Labor, Labor Department
n. the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
labor, labour, proletariat, working class
n. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
union, unification, uniting
n. the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"
union, sum, join
n. a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B"
union, matrimony, marriage, wedlock
n. the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"
union, brotherhood, trade union, trades union
n. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
union, coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, sexual union
n. the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
delivery, labor, labour, travail, confinement, parturiency, lying-in, childbed, accouchement
n. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
Union
n. city in New Jersey
Verbs (14)
drive, push, tug, labor, labour
v. strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"
grind, labor, labour, toil, travail, dig, fag, drudge, moil
v. work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (3)
union
adj. of trade unions; "the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract"
Union, Federal
adj. being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War; "Union soldiers"; "Federal forces"; "a Federal infantryman"
Fuzzynyms (198)
mix, mixture
n. an event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual mixture of cultures"
consolidation
n. combining into a solid mass
alignment, alliance, coalition, alinement
n. an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
association, affiliation, tie, tie-up
n. a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"
confederation, alliance
n. the state of being allied or confederated
delivery, labor, labour, travail, confinement, parturiency, lying-in, childbed, accouchement
n. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
strain, stress
n. an intense or violent exertion
job, task, chore
n. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"
people
n. (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
tribe, federation of tribes
n. a federation (as of American Indians)
bourgeois, burgher
n. a member of the middle class
man, humanity, world, humankind, mankind, human race
n. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
mass, people, multitude, masses, hoi polloi
n. the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"
folk, common people
n. people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"
world, public, populace
n. people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"
rabble, riffraff, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail
n. disparaging terms for the common people
uniting, amalgamation, merger
n. the combination of two or more commercial companies
merging, confluence, conflux
n. a flowing together
incorporation
n. consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body
wedding, nuptials, wedding ceremony
n. the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
association, affiliation, tie, tie-up
n. a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"
confederation, alliance
n. the state of being allied or confederated
membership
n. the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"
axis, bloc
n. a group of countries in special alliance
order, club, lodge, society, community, fellowship, guild, gild
n. a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
fraternity, frat
n. a social club for male undergraduates
labor, labour, toil
n. productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
grind, drudgery, donkeywork
n. hard monotonous routine work
delivery
n. the act of delivering a child
continue, go on, persist in, go along
v. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
stand, bear, stomach, brook, suffer, endure, tolerate, abide, put up with
v. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
run, persist, die hard, endure, prevail
v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on
v. be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
endeavor, endeavour, strive
v. attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"
grind, labor, labour, toil, travail, dig, fag, drudge, moil
v. work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
plow, plough
v. move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water"
drive, pull
v. of a car; "The van pulled up"
forge, spurt, spirt
v. move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
plunk, dive, plunge
v. drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"
push, crowd
v. approach a certain age or speed; "She is pushing fifty"
put forward, assert
v. insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!"
insist, be insistent, be firm, take a firm stand
v. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"
hold, keep, maintain
v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"
maintain, assert, asseverate
v. state categorically
roll, wheel, wheel about
v. move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"
endeavor, endeavour, strive
v. attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"
drive, push, tug, labor, labour
v. strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"
continue, go on, persist in, go along
v. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
stand, bear, stomach, brook, suffer, endure, tolerate, abide, put up with
v. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
run, persist, die hard, endure, prevail
v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on
v. be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
put forward, assert
v. insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!"
insist, be insistent, be firm, take a firm stand
v. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"
hold, keep, maintain
v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"
maintain, assert, asseverate
v. state categorically
reach, strain, strive
v. to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"
act, work
v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"
Synonyms (4)
press on, plough on, push on
v. continue moving forward
Yankee
adj. used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)
Antonyms (8)
break, interruption, abrupt change, interrupt
n. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
separation
n. the state of lacking unity
diversion, recreation
n. an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"
nonunion
adj. not belonging to or not allowing affiliation with a trade union; "nonunion carpenters"; "a nonunion contractor"
labor union
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