Synonyms for coalition
ˌkoʊ əˈlɪʃ əncoali·tion

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1. coalition

   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.

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

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

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

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1. alliance, coalition, alignment, alinementnoun

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

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

2. coalition, fusionnoun

   the state of being combined into one body

   Synonyms:
   alinement, merger, coalescence, unification, nuclear fusion reaction, conglutination, nuclear fusion, concretion, alignment, fusion, spinal fusion, optical fusion, alliance, coalescency

3. coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutinationnoun

   the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts

   Synonyms:
   alinement, coalescency, coalescence, union, concretion, compression, fusion, alliance, compaction, alignment, calculus, densification, conglutination

Matched Categories

1. • Organization
   • Union

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1. coalitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   Coalition union, alliance, confederacy, federation, confederation, league, combination, copartnership, compact, federal compact, federal union

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1. List of paraphrases for "coalition":

   alliance, allied, coalitions, iwhc, catw, upfa, allying, angoc, rassemblement

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1. Amit Kumar:

   The U.S.-supported coalition forces in Iraq are adhering to the rules of combat to the best extent possible, including not attacking human shields used by ISIS, iSIS forces have used the hesitancy on the part of the U.S. as a ploy to save themselves from attacks. This makes the task of battling ISIS very difficult.

2. Paul Chambers:

   There could be a stable government coming out of it in the short term, but that kind of coalition is not going to last that long.

3. Richard Hudson:

   As a member of President-elect Trump’s Second Amendment Coalition, I look forward to working with my colleagues and the administration to get this legislation across the finish line.

4. Steve Warren:

   There were no Coalition airstrikes in or near Aleppo on Wednesday, February 10. Any claim that the coalition had aircraft in the area is a fabrication.

5. Kellie Meiman Hock:

   We need an international coalition to successfully attack phase two.