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Ally

To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with.

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Affiliate 76% connected

To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

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Associate 76% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

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Assort 76% connected

To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to ass…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Commonwealth 76% connected

A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws.

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Consort 76% connected

One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.

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Country 76% connected

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region o…

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Land 76% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Nation 76% connected

A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock.

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State 76% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Confederation 74% connected

The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Confederation 74% connected

The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing group 4

Alignment 70% connected

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adj…

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Alinement 70% connected

Same as Alignment.

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Alliance 70% connected

The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially betw…

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Coalition 70% connected

The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms.

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Synonym 1

Friend 92% connected

One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate ass…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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