Antonyms for alliance
əˈlaɪ ənsal·liance

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1. alliance

   Alliance is in its most common use a connection formed by treaty between sovereign states as for mutual aid in war. Partnership is a mercantile word; alliance chiefly political or matrimonial. Coalition is oftenest used of political parties; fusion is now the more common word in this sense. In an alliance between nations there is no surrender of sovereignty, and no union except for a specified time and purpose. League and alliance are used with scarcely perceptible difference of meaning. In a confederacy or confederation there is an attempt to unite separate states in a general government without surrender of sovereignty. Union implies so much concession as to make the separate states substantially one. Federation is mainly a poetic and rhetorical word expressing something of the same thought, as in Tennyson's "federation of the world," Locksley Hall, l. 128. The United States is not a confederacy nor an alliance; the nation might be called a federation, but prefers to be styled a federal union.

   Antonyms:
   antagonism, discord, disunion, divorce, enmity, hostility, schism, secession, separation, war

   Synonyms:
   coalition, compact, confederacy, confederation, federation, fusion, league, partnership, union

   Preposition:
   Alliance with a neighboring people; against the common enemy; for offense and defense; alliance of, between, or among nations.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. alliance

   Antonyms:
   disunion, enmity, divorce, discord, disruption, antagonism, separation, estrangement, hostility

   Synonyms:
   compact, treaty, cooperation, union, connection, partnership, league, combination, coalition, confederation, friendship, relation, relationship

Matched Categories

1. • Coalition
   • Connection
   • Group Action
   • Organization
   • Treaty

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.1 / 9 votes

1. alliance, confederationnoun

   the state of being allied or confederated

   Synonyms:
   alinement, federation, bond, coalition, alignment, confederation, confederacy

2. alliance, bondnoun

   a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest

   "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them"

   Synonyms:
   alinement, bail bond, bond certificate, adhesiveness, adherence, shackle, hamper, bond paper, adhesion, attachment, confederation, bail, chemical bond, trammel, coalition, alignment, bond

3. alliance, coalition, alignment, alinementnoun

   an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

   Synonyms:
   alinement, coalescence, bond, concretion, conglutination, fusion, coalition, alignment, confederation, conjunction, coalescency

4. alliancenoun

   a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim

   Synonyms:
   alinement, alignment, bond, coalition, confederation

5. confederation, alliancenoun

   the act of forming an alliance or confederation

   Synonyms:
   alinement, bond, federation, alignment, coalition, confederation, confederacy

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1. alliancenoun

   Synonyms:
   union, coalition, federation, confederacy, league, affinity, affiliation, connection, relationship

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ALLIANCE

   Synonyms:
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How to use alliance in a sentence?

1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:

   This state visit will show both inside and outside that still under the new era, Reiwa, the bonds between Japan and the United States under our alliance will remain unwavering. And also we will demonstrate our strong commitment to addressing various challenges that we see in the international community.

2. Syrian President Bashar Assad:

   No, definitely we can not and we don't have the will and we don't want, for one simple reason -- because we can not be in an alliance with countries which support terrorism.

3. Hoshiyar Zebari:

   The Kurdish alliance has one position: we are for the respect of the Constitution and we won't allow the Kurds' representatives be imposed on us, any future representation of the Kurds has to be just and fair.

4. Rear Adm. Brad Williamson:

   Anytime you have a security situation that reminds us it's not just a game we're doing out here, that there are real world implications to our ability to provide security to alliance members, I think that focuses our minds on what we're doing.

5. Katsuyuki Kawai:

   The alliance has changed from one based on shared values to a transactional alliance, that is the reality now.

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