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as a verb: - 1
ally
noun
1 ally
A friendly nation.
Roget 707:
aid,
aidance†;
assistance,
help,
opitulation†,
succor;
support,
lift,
advance,
furtherance,
promotion;
coadjuvancy
etc.
(cooperation)
709†.
patronage,
championship,
countenance,
favor,
interest,
advocacy.
sustentation,
subvention,
alimentation,
nutrition,
nourishment;
eutrophy;
manna in the wilderness;
food
etc.
298;
means
etc.
632.
ministry,
ministration;
subministration†;
accommodation.
relief,
rescue;
help at a dead lift;
supernatural aid;
deus ex machina [Lat.].
supplies,
reinforcements,
reenforcements†,
succors,
contingents,
recruits;
support
etc.
(physical)
215;
adjunct,
ally
etc.
(helper)
711.
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2 ally
An associate who provides cooperation or assistance:
— He's a good ally in fight.
synonym: friend.
Roget 711:
auxiliary;
recruit;
assistant;
adjuvant,
adjutant;
ayudante†,
coaid†;
adjunct;
help,
helper,
help mate,
helping hand;
midwife;
colleague,
partner,
mate,
confrere,
cooperator;
coadjutor,
coadjutrix†;
collaborator.
ally;
friend
etc.
890,
confidant,
fidus Achates [Lat.],
pal,
buddy,
alter ego.
[criminal law]
confederate;
accomplice;
complice;
accessory,
accessory after the fact;
particeps criminis [Lat.];
socius criminis [Lat.].
aide-de-camp,
secretary,
clerk,
associate,
marshal;
right-hand,
right-hand man,
Friday,
girl Friday,
man Friday,
gopher,
gofer;
candle-holder,
bottle-holder;
handmaid;
servant
etc.
746;
puppet,
cat's-paw,
jackal†.
tool,
dupe,
stooge,
ame damnee [Fr.];
satellite,
adherent.
votary;
sectarian,
secretary;
seconder,
backer,
upholder,
abettor,
advocate,
partisan,
champion,
patron,
friend at court,
mediator;
angel
(theater, entertainment).
friend in need,
Jack at a pinch,
deus ex machina [Lat.],
guardian angel,
tutelary genius.
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Roget 890:
friend,
friend of one's bosom;
alter ego;
best friend,
bosom friend,
soulmate,
fast friend;
amicus [Lat.];
usque ad aras [Lat.];
fidus Achates [Lat.];
persona grata.
acquaintance,
neighbor,
next-door neighbor,
casual acquaintance,
nodding acquaintance;
wellwisher.
favorer,
fautor†,
patron,
Mecaenas;
tutelary saint,
good genius,
advocate,
partisan,
sympathizer;
ally;
friend in need
etc.
(auxiliary)
711.
comrade,
mate,
companion,
familiar,
confrere,
comrade,
camarade†,
confidante,
intimate;
old crony,
crony;
chum;
pal;
buddy,
bosom buddy;
playfellow,
playmate,
childhood friend;
bedfellow,
bedmate;
chamber fellow.
associate,
colleague,
compeer.
schoolmate,
schoolfellow†;
classfellow†,
classman†,
classmate;
roommate;
fellow-man,
stable companion.
best man,
maid of honor,
matron of honor.
compatriot;
fellow countryman,
countryman.
shopmate,
fellow-worker,
shipmate,
messmate†;
fellow companion,
boon companion,
pot companion;
copartner,
partner,
senior partner,
junior partner.
Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Pollux†,
Nisus and Euryalus [Lat.],
Damon and Pythias,
par nobile fratrum [Lat.].
host,
Amphitryon†,
Boniface;
guest,
visitor,
prot_eg_e.
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Dutch: bondgenoot, bondgenote, vrind, compagnon, zakenvriend, vriend
verb
1 ally
Become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage.
Roget 903:
marry,
wive,
take to oneself a wife;
be married,
be spliced;
go off,
pair off;
wed,
espouse,
get hitched [U.S.],
lead to the hymeneal altar,
take 'for better for worse',"
give one's hand to,
bestow one's hand upon.
marry,
join,
handfast†;
couple
etc.
(unit)
43;
tie the nuptial knot;
give away,
give away in marriage;
seal;
ally,
affiance;
betroth
etc.
(promise)
768;
publish the banns,
bid the banns;
be asked in church.
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