1. (noun)union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer Synonyms: conglutination, sexual union, fraternity, join, trades union, uniting, matrimony, unification, coupling, sum, spousal relationship, union, trade union, pairing, conjugation, wedlock, marriage, mating, sodality, brotherhood, labor union, jointure Antonyms: separation, disunion, nonunion, unorganized, open(a), unorganised, southern, nonunionised, nonunionized
2. (noun)Union, North the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War) Synonyms: conglutination, sexual union, join, trades union, uniting, matrimony, unification, coupling, sum, northward, spousal relationship, compass north, magnetic north, trade union, pairing, conjugation, wedlock, marriage, mating, brotherhood, labor union, jointure, due north Antonyms: disunion, separation, open(a), nonunionized, southern, nonunion, nonunionised, unorganised, unorganized
3. (noun)coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes Synonyms: conjugation, colligation, conglutination, join, trades union, uniting, matrimony, unification, coupling, sum, wedlock, spousal relationship, sexual union, trade union, pairing, union, junction, conjunction, marriage, brotherhood, yoke, mating, labor union, jointure, coupler Antonyms: disunion, separation, open(a), unorganised, nonunion, unorganized, southern, nonunionized, nonunionised
4. (noun)union, unification the state of being joined or united or linked Synonyms: conglutination, sexual union, join, trades union, uniting, matrimony, unification, coupling, sum, spousal relationship, union, trade union, pairing, conjugation, wedlock, marriage, fusion, mating, brotherhood, labor union, jointure, merger Antonyms: disunion, separation, unorganized, unorganised, nonunionized, open(a), nonunionised, nonunion, southern
5. (noun)marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) Synonyms: conjugation, pairing, conglutination, join, trades union, uniting, matrimony, unification, coupling, sum, spousal relationship, sexual union, trade union, union, man and wife, wedlock, marriage, marriage ceremony, mating, wedding, brotherhood, labor union, jointure, married couple Antonyms: separation, disunion, nonunion, unorganized, nonunionised, southern, open(a), nonunionized, unorganised
6. (noun)union, conglutination healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones Synonyms: conglutination, sexual union, concretion, join, trades union, uniting, matrimony, unification, coupling, sum, spousal relationship, union, trade union, pairing, conjugation, wedlock, marriage, coalescency, mating, brotherhood, coalescence, labor union, coalition, jointure Antonyms: disunion, separation, nonunionized, nonunionised, nonunion, unorganised, southern, open(a), unorganized
7. (noun)union a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations Synonyms: conglutination, sexual union, join, trades union, uniting, matrimony, unification, coupling, sum, spousal relationship, trade union, pairing, conjugation, wedlock, marriage, mating, brotherhood, labor union, jointure Antonyms: disunion, separation, southern, open(a), nonunion, nonunionised, nonunionized, unorganised, unorganized
8. (noun)union, sum, join a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets Synonyms: trade union, marriage, matrimony, juncture, substance, wedlock, conglutination, meat, centre, jointure, center, summation, conjugation, core, unification, marrow, sum, articulation, coupling, join, aggregate, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, mating, pairing, gist, trades union, inwardness, amount of money, pith, heart, amount, essence, junction, sum of money, heart and soul, labor union, brotherhood, totality, total, joint, union, spousal relationship, sum total, sexual union, uniting Antonyms: separation, disunion, nonunionized, unorganised, unorganized, southern, nonunionised, open(a), nonunion
9. (noun)union the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts Synonyms: conglutination, sexual union, join, trades union, uniting, matrimony, unification, coupling, sum, spousal relationship, trade union, pairing, conjugation, wedlock, marriage, mating, brotherhood, labor union, jointure Antonyms: separation, disunion, unorganized, nonunionized, nonunion, southern, unorganised, open(a), nonunionised
10. (noun)union a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner) Synonyms: conglutination, sexual union, join, trades union, uniting, matrimony, unification, coupling, sum, spousal relationship, trade union, pairing, conjugation, wedlock, marriage, mating, brotherhood, labor union, jointure Antonyms: separation, disunion, unorganized, nonunionized, unorganised, southern, nonunionised, nonunion, open(a)
11. (adj)union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure the act of making or becoming a single unit Synonyms: conglutination, sexual union, amalgamation, legal jointure, join, trades union, uniting, matrimony, unification, coupling, sum, spousal relationship, union, trade union, pairing, conjugation, junction, wedlock, marriage, colligation, fusion, mating, brotherhood, conjunction, labor union, jointure, merger Antonyms: separation, disunion, unorganised, unorganized, open(a), nonunionised, nonunionized, southern, nonunion
12. (adj)Union, Federal being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War Antonyms: disunion, separation, nonunion, nonunionized, unorganized, open(a), nonunionised, southern, unorganised
1. Union 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. Synonyms: alliance, coalition, confederation, fusion, partnership, compact, federation, league, union, confederacy Antonyms: antagonism, disunion, enmity, schism, separation, discord, divorce, hostility, secession, war