Noun
union -
the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions" ; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"
unification ,
uniting ,
conjugation ,
jointure
disunion the termination or destruction of union
compounding ,
combining ,
combination an occurrence that results in things being united
coalescence ,
coalescency ,
conglutination ,
coalition ,
concretion the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
reunification ,
reunion the act of coming together again; "monetary unification precipitated the reunification of the German state in October 1990"
tribalisation ,
tribalization the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis
union -
an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
labor union ,
trade union ,
trades union ,
brotherhood
organisation ,
organization the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient"
labor movement ,
trade union movement ,
labor an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
industrial union ,
vertical union a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft
craft union a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft
company union a union of workers for a single company; a union not affiliated with a larger union
union -
the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union"
unification
separation the act of dividing or disconnecting
state the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge" ; "his state of health" ; "in a weak financial state"
coalition ,
fusion the state of being combined into one body
connectedness ,
connection ,
link shifting from one form of transportation to another; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"
colligation ,
junction ,
conjugation ,
conjunction the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis
association the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"
marriage the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel"
union -
a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations; "the Soviet Union"
political entity ,
political unit a unit with political responsibilities
confederation ,
federation ,
confederacy the act of forming an alliance or confederation
enosis the union of Greece and Cyprus (which is the goal of a group of Greek Cypriots)
league an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
union -
the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"
happening ,
natural event ,
occurrent ,
occurrence an event that happens
amphimixis union of sperm and egg in sexual reproduction
merger ,
unification ,
fusion the act of fusing (or melting) together
Union -
the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War); "he has visited every state in the Union" ; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union" ; "the North's superior resources turned the scale"
North
the states ,
u.s.a. ,
united states of america ,
us ,
america ,
u.s. ,
united states ,
usa North America and South America and Central America
northern situated in or coming from regions of the north; "the northern hemisphere" ; "northern autumn colors"
union -
healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
conglutination
healing the natural process by which the body repairs itself
union -
a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B"
sum ,
join
set several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press"
union -
a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
Union -
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage" ; "God bless this union"
marriage ,
matrimony ,
union ,
spousal relationship ,
wedlock
marital status the condition of being married or unmarried
jurisprudence ,
law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
bigamy the offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred
common-law marriage a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony
endogamy ,
inmarriage ,
intermarriage marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law
exogamy ,
intermarriage marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
marriage of convenience a marriage for expediency rather than love
misalliance an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)
monandry the state of having only one husband at a time
monogamousness ,
monogamy having only one spouse at a time
open marriage a marriage in which each partner is free to enter into extraneous sexual relationships without guilt or jealousy from the other
cuckoldom the state of a husband whose wife has committed adultery
polygamy having more than one spouse at a time
Union -
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents" ; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
coupling ,
mating ,
pairing ,
conjugation ,
union ,
sexual union
sex activity ,
sexual activity ,
sexual practice ,
sex activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat"
assortative mating mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating
disassortative mating mating of individuals having traits more dissimilar than likely in random mating
hybridisation ,
hybridization ,
hybridizing ,
crossbreeding ,
interbreeding ,
cross ,
crossing (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
inbreeding the act of mating closely related individuals
Adjective
union -
of trade unions; "the union movement" ; "union negotiations" ; "a union-shop clause in the contract"
nonunion not belonging to or not allowing affiliation with a trade union; "nonunion carpenters" ; "a nonunion contractor"
closed not open or affording passage or access; "the many closed streets made travel difficult" ; "our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains"
Union -
being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War; "Union soldiers" ; "Federal forces" ; "a Federal infantryman"
Federal
northern situated in or coming from regions of the north; "the northern hemisphere" ; "northern autumn colors"
