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Textual thesaurus for "union"

(adj) Union, Federal

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


(noun) unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure

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


(noun) conjugation, coupling, sexual union, mating, pairing

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


(noun) join, sum

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


(noun) labor union, brotherhood, trade union, trades union

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer

you have to join the union in order to get a job


(noun) Union, North

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


(noun) conglutination

healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones


(noun) marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, wedlock

the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

a long and happy marriage; God bless this union


(noun) unification

the state of being joined or united or linked

there is strength in union