alliance

Word Type

n.

alliance Meaning Definition

The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.

Synonyms for alliance

Anschluss,Bund,NATO,Rochdale cooperative,SEATO,a world-without-end bargain,accompaniment,accord,accordance,addition,adjunct,affairs,affiliation,affinity,agglomeration,aggregation,agnation,agreement,alignment,alikeness,amalgamation,analogy,ancestry,anschluss,aping,approach,approximation,assemblage,assimilation,association,axis,band,bed,blend,blending,bloc,blood,blood relationship,body,bond,bond of matrimony,bridebed,brotherhood,brothership,cabal,cahoots,capitulation,cartel,centralization,closeness,club,co-working,coaction,coadunation,coalescence,coalition,cognation,cohabitation,coincidence,collaboration,colleagueship,collectivity,college,collegialism,collegiality,collusion,combination,combine,combined effort,combo,common ancestry,common descent,common market,community,comparability,comparison,composition,comradeship,concert,concerted action,concomitance,concord,concordance,concordat,concourse,concurrence,confederacy,confederation,confluence,conformity,confraternity,congeries,conglomeration,conjugal bond,conjugal knot,conjugation,conjunction,connectedness,connection,consanguinity,consilience,consolidation,conspiracy,consumer cooperative,contiguity,contrariety,convention,cooperation,cooperative,cooperative society,copartnership,copartnery,copying,corps,correspondence,council,cousinhood,cousinship,coverture,credit union,customs union,dealings,deduction,disjunction,economic community,ecumenism,embodiment,enation,encompassment,enosis,entente,entente cordiale,fatherhood,federalization,federation,fellowship,filiation,fraternalism,fraternity,fraternization,free trade area,freemasonry,fusion,gang,group,grouping,holy matrimony,holy wedlock,homology,hookup,husbandhood,identity,ill-assorted marriage,imitation,inclusion,incorporation,integration,intercourse,intermarriage,international agreement,interracial marriage,intimacy,junction,junta,kindred,kinship,league,liaison,likeness,likening,link,linkage,linking,machine,marriage,marriage bed,marriage sacrament,match,maternity,matrilineage,matriliny,matrimonial union,matrimony,matrisib,matrocliny,meld,melding,merger,mesalliance,metaphor,mimicking,misalliance,miscegenation,mixed marriage,mob,motherhood,mutual attraction,mutual-defense treaty,nearness,nonaggression pact,nuptial bond,order,package,package deal,pact,paction,parallelism,parasitism,parity,partnership,paternity,patrilineage,patriliny,patrisib,patrocliny,political machine,propinquity,proximity,rapport,relatedness,relation,relations,relationship,resemblance,ring,sacrament of matrimony,sameness,saprophytism,semblance,sibship,similarity,simile,similitude,simulation,simultaneity,sisterhood,sistership,society,sodality,solidification,sorority,spousehood,symbiosis,sympathy,synchronism,syncretism,syndication,syneresis,synergy,synthesis,tie,tie-in,tie-up,ties of blood,treaty,unification,union,united action,unity,wedded bliss,wedded state,weddedness,wedding,wedding knot,wedlock,wifehood

Synonym Search Links for alliance

AnschlussBundNATORochdale cooperativeSEATOa world-without-end bargainaccompanimentaccordaccordanceadditionadjunctaffairsaffiliationaffinityagglomerationaggregationagnationagreementalignmentalikenessamalgamationanalogyancestryanschlussapingapproachapproximationassemblageassimilationassociationaxisbandbedblendblendingblocbloodblood relationshipbodybondbond of matrimonybridebedbrotherhoodbrothershipcabalcahootscapitulationcartelcentralizationclosenessclubco-workingcoactioncoadunationcoalescencecoalitioncognationcohabitationcoincidencecollaborationcolleagueshipcollectivitycollegecollegialismcollegialitycollusioncombinationcombinecombined effortcombocommon ancestrycommon descentcommon marketcommunitycomparabilitycomparisoncompositioncomradeshipconcertconcerted actionconcomitanceconcordconcordanceconcordatconcourseconcurrenceconfederacyconfederationconfluenceconformityconfraternitycongeriesconglomerationconjugal bondconjugal knotconjugationconjunctionconnectednessconnectionconsanguinityconsilienceconsolidationconspiracyconsumer cooperativecontiguitycontrarietyconventioncooperationcooperativecooperative societycopartnershipcopartnerycopyingcorpscorrespondencecouncilcousinhoodcousinshipcoverturecredit unioncustoms uniondealingsdeductiondisjunctioneconomic communityecumenismembodimentenationencompassmentenosisententeentente cordialefatherhoodfederalizationfederationfellowshipfiliationfraternalismfraternityfraternizationfree trade areafreemasonryfusionganggroupgroupingholy matrimonyholy wedlockhomologyhookuphusbandhoodidentityill-assorted marriageimitationinclusionincorporationintegrationintercourseintermarriageinternational agreementinterracial marriageintimacyjunctionjuntakindredkinshipleagueliaisonlikenesslikeninglinklinkagelinkingmachinemarriagemarriage bedmarriage sacramentmatchmaternitymatrilineagematrilinymatrimonial unionmatrimonymatrisibmatroclinymeldmeldingmergermesalliancemetaphormimickingmisalliancemiscegenationmixed marriagemobmotherhoodmutual attractionmutual-defense treatynearnessnonaggression pactnuptial bondorderpackagepackage dealpactpactionparallelismparasitismparitypartnershippaternitypatrilineagepatrilinypatrisibpatroclinypolitical machinepropinquityproximityrapportrelatednessrelationrelationsrelationshipresemblanceringsacrament of matrimonysamenesssaprophytismsemblancesibshipsimilaritysimilesimilitudesimulationsimultaneitysisterhoodsistershipsocietysodalitysolidificationsororityspousehoodsymbiosissympathysynchronismsyncretismsyndicationsyneresissynergysynthesistietie-intie-upties of bloodtreatyunificationunionunited actionunitywedded blisswedded stateweddednessweddingwedding knotwedlockwifehood