alliance

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. association, federation, league; combination; treaty, accord; marriage; connection. See cooperation, relation. Ant., separation, schism.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [The state of being allied]

Syn. connection, adherence, membership, affinity, concurrence, participation, cooperation, support, collusion, union, interrelation, concord, agreement, common understanding, marriage, matrimony, betrothal, kinship, relation, collaboration, fraternization, consanguinity, federation, communion, entente, engagement, friendship, partnership, coalition, association, affiliation, alignment, confederation, implication, bond, accord, congruity, mutuality, tie.

Ant. separation*, rupture, repudiation.

2. [The act of joining]

Syn. fusion, combination, coupling; see union 1 .

3. [A union]

Syn. league, union, federation, coalition, confederacy, confederation, bloc, bund, association, partnership, community, pact, treaty, entente, compact, cooperative, co-op, consortium, syndicate, corporation, company, combination, merger, conglomerate, cartel, trust, combine, conspiracy, network, ring, party, band, group, consociation; see also organization 3 .

Syn.- alliance refers to any association entered into for mutual benefit; league , often interchangeable with alliance , stresses formality of organization and definiteness of purpose; coalition implies a temporary alliance of opposing parties, factions, etc., as in times of emergency; confederacy and confederation in political usage refer to a combination of independent states for the joint exercise of certain governmental functions, as defense or customs; union implies a close, permanent alliance and suggests complete unity of purpose and interest

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. union joining, association, affiliation, partnership, coalition, confederacy, league, federation, consortium.

2. agreement pact, friendship, treaty, covenant, understanding, deal, contract.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. An association, especially of nations for a common cause: Anschluss, bloc, cartel, coalition, confederacy, confederation, federation, , league, organization, union. See CONNECT, GROUP, POLITICS. 2. The state of being associated: affiliation, association, combination, conjunction, connection, cooperation, partnership. See NEAR.