union

union
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. unity, concord, uniting, joining, connection; combination, fusion, coalescence; marriage; [con]federation, association, alliance. See agreement, junction, mixture, party.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [The act of joining]
Syn. unity, unification, junction, meeting, uniting, joining, coupling, embracing, coming together, merging, fusion, mingling, concurrence, amalgam, symbiosis, commixture, amalgamation, concatenation, confluence, congregation, reconciliation, conciliation, correlation, combination, connection, annexation, linking, attachment, agglutination, coalition, conjunction, abutment, consolidation, incorporation, centralization, affiliation, confederation, copulation, coition.
Ant. divorce*, separation, severance.
2. [A closely knit group]
Syn. alliance, association, federation, society; see alliance 3 , organization 3 .
3. [A marriage]
Syn. wedlock, conjugal ties, matrimony, cohabitation, nuptial connection, match, matrimonial affiliation, double harness*, connubial bliss*.
4. [A labor union]
Syn. laborers, workingmen, employees; see labor 4 .
See Synonym Study at alliance , unity .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. joining combination, unification, consolidation, marriage, merger, amalgamation, unity, fusion, incorporation, coupling, blend.
2. group with common interest alliance, coalition, league, confederation, guild, trade union, labor union, federation, association, partnership, cartel, syndicate.
ANT.: 1. separation, segregation, breakup. see marriage
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. A bringing together into a whole: coalition, consolidation, unification, unity. See PART. 2. The result of combining: combination, composite, compound, conjugation, unification, unity. See ASSEMBLE. 3. A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common: association, club, confederation, congress, federation, fellowship, fraternity, guild, league, order, organization, society, sorority. See GROUP. 4. An association, especially of nations for a common cause: alliance, Anschluss, bloc, cartel, coalition, confederacy, confederation, federation, league, organization. See CONNECT, GROUP, POLITICS. 5. An identity or coincidence of interests, purposes, or sympathies among the members of a group: oneness, solidarity, unity. See AGREE. 6. A point or position at which two or more things are joined: connection, coupling, joint, junction, juncture, seam. See CONNECT.

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