Nouns (22)
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"
conglutination
n. healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
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"
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"
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"
brotherhood, labor union, 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"
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"
Union
n. city in New Jersey
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Adjectives (2)
union
adj. of trade unions; "the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract"
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 (42)
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
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
Synonyms (1)
Yankee
adj. used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)
Antonyms (6)
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
nonunion
adj. not belonging to or not allowing affiliation with a trade union; "nonunion carpenters"; "a nonunion contractor"
union
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