league

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. band, coalition, covenant, [con-]federation, confederacy, junta, cabal. —v. i. confederate, unite, join. See party.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. association, alliance, group, class; see alliance 3 , organization 3 .

See Synonym Study at alliance .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

alliance, association, confederation, federation, coalition, organization, union, affiliation, partnership, fraternity.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. An association, especially of nations for a common cause: alliance, Anschluss, bloc, cartel, coalition, confederacy, confederation, federation, organization, union. See CONNECT, GROUP, POLITICS. 2. 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, order, organization, society, sorority, union. See GROUP. 3. A group of athletic teams that play each other: association, circuit, conference, loop. See GROUP. 4. A division of persons or things by quality, rank, or grade: bracket, class, grade, order, rank1, tier. See GROUP, VALUE. II verb 1. To be formally associated, as by treaty: align, ally, confederate, federate. See CONNECT, POLITICS. 2. To assemble or join in a group: band2, combine, gang up, unite. See COLLECT.