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alliance
noun
1 alliance
The state of being allied or confederated.
synonym: confederation.
Roget 178:
concurrence,
cooperation,
coagency†;
union;
agreement
etc.
23;
consilience†;
consent,
coincidence
etc.
(assent)
488;
alliance;
concert,
additivity,
synergy
etc.
709;
partnership
etc.
712.
common cause.
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Roget 714:
concord,
accord,
harmony,
symphony;
homologue;
agreement
etc.
23;
sympathy,
empathy
etc.
(love)
897;
response;
union,
unison,
unity;
bonds of harmony;
peace
etc.
721;
unanimity
etc.
(assent)
488;
league
etc.
712;
happy family.
rapprochement;
reunion;
amity
etc.
(friendship)
888;
alliance,
entente cordiale [Fr.],
good understanding,
conciliation,
peacemaker;
intercessor,
mediator.
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Roget 709:
cooperation;
coadjuvancy†,
coadjutancy†;
coagency†,
coefficiency†;
concert,
concurrence,
complicity,
participation;
union
etc.
43;
additivity,
combination
etc.
48;
collusion.
association,
alliance,
colleagueship†,
joint stock,
copartnership†;
cartel;
confederation
etc.
(party)
712;
coalition,
fusion;
a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together;
logrolling,
freemasonry.
unanimity
etc.
(assent)
488;
esprit de corps,
party spirit;
clanship†,
partisanship;
concord
etc.
714.
synergy,
coaction†.
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Roget 11:
consanguinity,
relationship,
kindred,
blood;
parentage
etc.
(paternity)
166;
filiation†,
affiliation;
lineage,
agnation†,
connection,
alliance;
family connection,
family tie;
ties of blood;
nepotism.
kinsman,
kinfolk;
kith and kin;
relation,
relative;
connection;
sibling,
sib;
next of kin;
uncle,
aunt,
nephew,
niece;
cousin,
cousin-german†;
first cousin,
second cousin;
cousin once removed,
cousin twice removed;
etc.
near relation,
distant relation;
brother,
sister,
one's own flesh and blood.
family,
fraternity;
brotherhood,
sisterhood,
cousinhood†.
race,
stock,
generation;
sept
etc.
166;
stirps,
side;
strain;
breed,
clan,
tribe,
nation.
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Roget 9:
relation,
bearing,
reference,
connection,
concern,
cognation;
correlation
etc.
12;
analogy;
similarity
etc.
17;
affinity,
homology,
alliance,
homogeneity,
association;
approximation
etc.
(nearness)
197;
filiation
etc.
(consanguinity)
11;
interest;
relevancy
etc.
23;
dependency,
relationship,
relative position.
comparison
etc.
464;
ratio,
proportion.
link,
tie,
bond of union.
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Roget 712:
party,
faction,
side,
denomination,
communion,
set,
crew,
band.
horde,
posse,
phalanx;
family,
clan,
etc.
166;
team;
tong.
council
etc.
696.
community,
body,
fellowship,
sodality,
solidarity;
confraternity;
familistere†,
familistery†;
brotherhood,
sisterhood.
knot,
gang,
clique,
ring,
circle,
group,
crowd,
in-crowd;
coterie,
club,
casino†;
machine;
Tammany,
Tammany Hall [U.S.].
corporation,
corporate body,
guild;
establishment,
company;
copartnership†,
partnership;
firm,
house;
joint concern,
joint-stock company;
cahoot,
combine [U.S.],
trust.
society,
association;
institute,
institution;
union;
trades union;
league,
syndicate,
alliance,
Verein [G.],
Bund [G.],
Zollverein [G.],
combination;
Turnverein [G.];
league offensive and defensive,
alliance offensive and defensive;
coalition;
federation;
confederation,
confederacy;
junto,
cabal,
camarilla†,
camorra†,
brigue†;
freemasonry;
party spirit
etc.
(cooperation)
709.
Confederates,
Conservatives,
Democrats,
Federalists,
Federals,
Freemason,
Knight Templar;
Kuklux,
Kuklux Klan,
KKK;
Liberals,
Luddites,
Republicans,
Socialists,
Tories,
Whigs
&c..
staff;
dramatis personae [Lat.].
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Dutch: bondgenootschap, alliantie
2 alliance
A connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest:
— The shifting alliances within a large family.
synonym: bond.
Dutch: verbond
Polish: relacja, stosunki, więź, węzeł, wspólnota, więzy, związek
3 alliance
An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty.
synonyms: alignment, alinement, coalition.
Dutch: Volkenbond, coalitie, volkenbond
Polish: unia
4 alliance
A formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim.
Polish: sojusz, alians
5 alliance
The act of forming an alliance or confederation.
synonym: confederation.
Dutch: confederatie
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