federation

Main Entry:
federation [fed-uh-rey-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: partnership, organization
Synonyms: alliance, amalgamation, association, bunch, coalition, combination, confederacy, crew, crowd, entente, family, federacy, gang, league, mob, outfit, pool, ring, syndicate, syndication, tribe, union
Main Entry: alliance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: friendly association, agreement
Synonyms: accord, affiliation, affinity, betrothal, bond, coalition, coherence, collaboration, collusion, combination, communion, compact, concord, concurrence, confederacy, confederation, congruity, conjunction, connection, consanguinity, cooperation, engagement, entente, federation, fraternization, friendship, interrelation, kinship, league, marriage, matrimony, membership, mutuality, pact, participation, partnership, relation, support, tie, treaty, union
Antonyms: antagonism, discord, disunion, divorce, estrangement, hostility, rebellion, separation, war
Main Entry: association
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: group with common interest or pursuit
Synonyms: affiliation, alliance, band, bunch, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, combo, company, confederacy, confederation, congress, cooperative, corporation, crew, crowd, family, federation, fellowship, fraternity, gang, guild, hookup, league, mob, order, organization, outfit, partnership, pool, rat pack, ring, society, sodality, sorority, syndicate, tie-in, tie-up, tribe, troops, troupe, union, zoo
Main Entry: coalition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: allied group, association
Synonyms: affiliation, alliance, amalgam, amalgamation, anschluss, bloc, coadunation, combination, combine, compact, confederacy, confederation, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, faction, federation, fusion, integration, league, melding, mergence, merger, merging, party, ring, unification, union
Antonyms: disassociation
Main Entry: combination
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: alliance, association
Synonyms: affiliation, bloc, cabal, cahoots, camarilla, cartel, circle, clique, club, coadunation, coalition, combine, compound, confederacy, confederation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, consortium, conspiracy, coterie, faction, federation, gang, guild, hookup, mafia, melding, mergence, merger, merging, partnership, party, pool, ring, set, syndicate, tie-up, trust, unification, union
Antonyms: dissolution, disunion, separation, severance
Main Entry: commonwealth
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: political or geographic area
Synonyms: body politic, citizenry, citizens, commonality, democracy, federation, nation, people, polity, republic, society
Notes: a republic is a state or nation where the supreme power lies with its citizens; a commonwealth is an allied group of republics
Main Entry: confederacy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: coalition
Synonyms: alliance, anschluss, bond, compact, confederation, conspiracy, covenant, federation, government, league, organization, union
Main Entry: consolidation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: combination, fortification
Synonyms: alliance, amalgamation, association, coadunation, coalition, compression, concentration, condensation, federation, fusion, incorporation, melding, mergence, merger, merging, reinforcement, solidification, strengthening, unification
Antonyms: dispersal, division, parting, separation, severance, weakening
Main Entry: cooperation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mutual effort
Synonyms: aid, alliance, assistance, cahoots, coaction, coadjuvancy, coalition, collaboration, combination, combined effort, communion, company, concert, concurrence, confederacy, confederation, confunction, conspiracy, doing business with, esprit de corps, federation, fusion, give-and-take, harmony, help, helpfulness, logrolling, participation, partisanship, partnership, playing ball, reciprocity, responsiveness, service, society, symbiosis, synergism, synergy, teaming, teamwork, unanimity, union, unity
Notes: cooperation is always positive, collaboration is positive except in wartime (working with the enemy), and collusion is always negative (working together in secret for a dishonest purpose)
Antonyms: blockage, delay, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, obstruction, prevention, stoppage
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