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Union

The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.

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Similar meaning 6

Closed 84% connected

of Close

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Closed 84% connected

of Close

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Northern 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.

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Northern 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.

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Organized 84% connected

of Organize

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Organized 84% connected

of Organize

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Narrower term 39

Association 76% connected

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

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Bigamy 76% connected

The offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another.

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Coalescence 76% connected

The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concr…

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Coalition 76% 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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Colligation 76% connected

A binding together.

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Combine 76% connected

To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, as by chemical u…

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Combining 76% connected

of Combine

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Concretion 76% connected

The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.

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Confederacy 76% connected

A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance.

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Confederation 76% connected

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

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Conglutination 76% connected

A gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacious substance; junction; union.

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Conjugation 76% connected

the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.

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Conjunction 76% connected

The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.

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Connection 76% connected

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Cross 76% connected

A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…

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Crossing 76% connected

of Cross

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Cuckoldom 76% connected

The state of a cuckold; cuckolds, collectively.

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Endogamy 76% connected

Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exogamy.

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Exogamy 76% connected

The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy.

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Federation 76% connected

The act of uniting in a league; confederation.

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Fusion 76% connected

The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by heat; the act of melting together; as, the fusion of metals.

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Hybridization 76% connected

The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized.

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Hybridizing 76% connected

of Hybridize

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Inbreeding 76% connected

of Inbreed

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Intermarriage 76% connected

Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, castes, or nations.

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Junction 76% connected

The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.

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League 76% connected

A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land m…

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Link 76% connected

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

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Marriage 76% connected

The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony.

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Merger 76% connected

One who, or that which, merges.

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Misalliance 76% connected

A marriage with a person of inferior rank or social station; an improper alliance; a mesalliance.

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Monandry 76% connected

The possession by a woman of only one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with polyandry.

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Monogamy 76% connected

Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opp…

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Polygamy 76% connected

The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having sev…

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Reunion 76% connected

A second union; union formed anew after separation, secession, or discord; as, a reunion of parts or particles of matter; a reunion of parties or sec…

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Service 76% connected

Alt. of Service

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Syncretism 76% connected

Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other.

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Umbrella 76% connected

A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton…

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Unification 76% connected

The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.

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Combination 76% connected

The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.

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Combining 76% connected

of Combine

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Compounding 76% connected

of Compound

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Device 76% connected

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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Happening 76% connected

of Happen

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Healing 76% connected

of Heal

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Occurrence 76% connected

A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

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Occurrent 76% connected

Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

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Organization 76% connected

The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Sex 76% connected

The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of prope…

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State 76% connected

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

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Derivationally related 4

Conglutinate 74% connected

Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.

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Conglutinate 74% connected

Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.

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Federal 74% connected

Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by a compact between…

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Federal 74% connected

Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by a compact between…

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Containing whole 2

Labor 70% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Labour 70% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Synonym 17

Brotherhood 92% connected

The state of being brothers or a brother.

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Conglutination 92% connected

A gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacious substance; junction; union.

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Conjugation 92% connected

the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.

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Coupling 92% connected

of Couple

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Federal 92% connected

Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by a compact between…

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Join 92% connected

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

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Jointure 92% connected

A joining; a joint.

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Marriage 92% connected

The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony.

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Mating 92% connected

of Mate

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Matrimony 92% connected

The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.

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Pairing 92% connected

of Pair

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Sum 92% connected

The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added t…

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Trade union 92% connected

An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor,…

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trades union 92% connected

Alt. of Trade union

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Unification 92% connected

The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.

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Uniting 92% connected

of Unite

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Wedlock 92% connected

The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony.

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