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consortium

[kuhn-sawr-shee-uhm, -tee-] / kənˈsɔr ʃi əm, -ti- /
NOUN
cartel
Synonyms
STRONGEST
conglomerate corporation gang holding company mob monopoly ring syndicate
STRONG
bunch chain combine crew crowd outfit pool trust
WEAK
megacorp multinational plunderbund
NOUN
combination
Synonyms
STRONGEST
consolidation merger partnership
STRONG
Mafia affiliation bloc cabal cahoots camarilla cartel circle clique club coalition combine compound confederacy confederation conjunction connection conspiracy coterie faction federation gang guild hookup merging party pool ring set syndicate tie up trust unification union
WEAK
coadunation melding mergence
Antonyms
STRONGEST
division parting separation
STRONG
disconnection
WEAK
detachment dissolution disunion severance
NOUN
league
Synonyms
STRONGEST
club company conference group organization society union
STRONG
alliance band bunch circle circuit coalition combination combine compact confederacy confederation crew gang guild loop mob order outfit partnership pool ring sodality unit
Antonyms
STRONG
disunion separation
NOUN
marriage
Synonyms
STRONGEST
merger wedding
STRONG
Sacrament alliance amalgamation association confederation coupling espousal link match mating matrimony monogamy nuptials tie wedlock
WEAK
conjugality connubiality holy matrimony pledging spousal tie that binds wedded bliss wedded state wedding bells wedding ceremony
Antonyms
STRONG
antagonism disunion divorce separation
NOUN
monopoly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cartel holding ownership patent trust
STRONG
copyright corner oligopoly pool proprietorship syndicate
WEAK
possessorship
Antonyms
WEAK
distribution joint-ownership scattering sharing
NOUN
organization
Synonyms
STRONGEST
association body business circle club company cooperative corporation establishment federation industry institute institution league party society team union
STRONG
affiliation aggregation alliance band cartel clique coalition combination combine concern concord confederation coterie crew fraternity guild house lodge machine monopoly order outfit profession set sodality sorority squad syndicate trade troupe trust
Antonyms
STRONGEST
division individual separation unemployment
STRONG
discord disunion entertainment fun
WEAK
disorganization

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The consortium has been granted an exclusivity period until May 15 to wrap up the terms of the deal and transaction documents, Bouygues Telecom, Free-iliad Group, Orange and Altice said Friday in a joint statement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Collins was a founder and chairman of C-Span, chaired industry research consortium CableLabs and after retirement served as lead director for the Comcast board.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Two potential deals - one with an American investment vehicle, the other with a consortium involving former AC Milan and Chelsea forward Alexandre Pato - have already fallen through.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Lee said cybersecurity companies CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks, which are two of the consortium of companies Anthropic is working with for the Mythos preview, stand to benefit from access to Mythos.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Rabi stitched together the new lab’s sponsoring consortium, known as Associated Universities, from nine large Eastern research institutions that would have been hard pressed to compete individually in the multimillion-dollar world of postwar high-energy physics.*

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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