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union
Overview of noun union
The noun union has 11 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (27) union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood -- (an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job")
2. (2) 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")
3. (1) coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual 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")
4. union, unification -- (the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union")
5. marriage, matrimony, union, 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")
6. union, conglutination -- (healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones)
7. union -- (a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations; "the Soviet Union")
8. union, sum, join -- (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")
9. union -- (the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals")
10. union -- (a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner))
11. union, 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")
Overview of adj union
The adj union has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) 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")
2. union -- (of trade unions; "the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun union
11 senses of union
Sense 1
union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
=> organization, organisation
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
Union, North
INSTANCE OF=> United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
INSTANCE OF=> North American country, North American nation
=> country, state, land
=> administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
=> district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion
=> region
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
=> sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
=> bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
=> organic process, biological process
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
union, unification
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock
=> marital status
=> legal status
=> status, position
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
union, conglutination
=> healing
=> bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
=> organic process, biological process
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 7
union
=> political unit, political entity
=> unit, social unit
=> organization, organisation
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 8
union, sum, join
=> set
=> collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 9
union
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 10
union
=> device
=> emblem
=> design, pattern, figure
=> decoration, ornament, ornamentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 11
union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure
=> combination, combining, compounding
=> change of integrity
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun union
8 of 11 senses of union
Sense 1
union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
=> industrial union, vertical union
=> craft union
=> company union
=> Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, I.W.W.
Sense 3
coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
=> assortative mating
=> disassortative mating
=> hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing
=> inbreeding
=> servicing, service
Sense 4
union, unification
=> coalition, fusion
=> connection, link, connectedness
=> junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation
=> association
=> marriage
=> syncretism
Sense 5
marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock
=> bigamy
=> common-law marriage
=> endogamy, intermarriage, inmarriage
=> exogamy, intermarriage
=> marriage of convenience
=> misalliance
=> monandry
=> monogamy, monogamousness
=> open marriage
=> cuckoldom
=> polygamy
=> sigeh
Sense 7
union
=> confederation, confederacy, federation
=> enosis
=> league
=> customs union
Sense 8
union, sum, join
=> direct sum
Sense 9
union
=> amphimixis
=> fusion, merger, unification
=> combining, combine
Sense 11
union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure
=> coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination
=> reunion, reunification
=> tribalization, tribalisation
=> umbrella
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun union
11 senses of union
Sense 1
union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
=> organization, organisation
Sense 2
Union, North
INSTANCE OF=> United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
Sense 3
coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
=> sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
Sense 4
union, unification
=> state
Sense 5
marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock
=> marital status
Sense 6
union, conglutination
=> healing
Sense 7
union
=> political unit, political entity
Sense 8
union, sum, join
=> set
Sense 9
union
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
Sense 10
union
=> device
Sense 11
union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure
=> combination, combining, compounding
Antonyms of noun union
2 of 11 senses of union
Sense 4
union, unification
Antonym of separation (Sense 3)
=>separation
Sense 11
union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure
Antonym of disunion (Sense 1)
=>disunion
Member Holonyms of noun union
Substance Holonyms of noun union
Part Holonyms of noun union
1 of 11 senses of union
Sense 1
union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
PART OF: labor movement, trade union movement, labor
Member Meronyms of noun union
Substance Meronyms of noun union
Part Meronyms of noun union
1 of 11 senses of union
Sense 2
Union, North
HAS PART: free state
Meronyms of noun union
1 of 11 senses of union
Sense 2
Union, North
HAS PART: free state
Holonyms of noun union
1 of 11 senses of union
Sense 1
union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
PART OF: labor movement, trade union movement, labor
Attributes of noun union
1 of 11 senses of union
Sense 2
Union, North
=> northern (vs. southern)
Derived Forms of noun union
2 of 11 senses of union
Sense 1
union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
RELATED TO>(verb) unionize#1
=> unionize, unionise
RELATED TO>(verb) unionize#2
=> unionize, unionise, organize, organise
Sense 11
union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure
RELATED TO>(verb) unite#2
=> unify, unite, merge
Domain of noun union
2 of 11 senses of union
Sense 2
Union, North
REGION>(noun) United States#1, United States of America#1, America#1, the States#1, US#1, U.S.#2, USA#1, U.S.A.#1
Sense 5
marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock
TOPIC>(noun) law#2, jurisprudence#2
Domain Terms of noun union
Familiarity of noun union
union used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =11)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun union
11 senses of union
Sense 1
union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
> organization, organisation
=> adhocracy
=> affiliate
=> bureaucracy
=> nongovernmental organization, NGO
HAS INSTANCE=> Orange Order, Association of Orangemen
=> Tammany Hall, Tammany Society, Tammany
=> fiefdom
=> line of defense, line of defence
=> line organization, line organisation
=> association
=> polity
=> quango, quasi-NGO
=> institution, establishment
=> enterprise
=> defense, defence, defense force, defence force
=> establishment
=> fire brigade, fire company
=> company, troupe
=> unit, social unit
=> Peace Corps
=> force, personnel
=> union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
=> musical organization, musical organisation, musical group
=> party, political party
=> machine, political machine
=> machine
=> professional organization, professional organisation
=> alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement
=> federation
=> hierarchy, power structure, pecking order
=> deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission
=> Girl Scouts
=> blue
=> grey, gray
=> host
=> pool
Sense 2
Union, North
> United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
HAS INSTANCE=> Union, North
Sense 3
coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
> sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
=> bondage
=> outercourse
=> safe sex
=> conception
=> sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge
=> pleasure
=> sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love, love life
=> carnal abuse
=> coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
=> reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life
=> foreplay, arousal, stimulation
=> perversion, sexual perversion
=> autoeroticism, autoerotism
=> promiscuity, promiscuousness, sleeping around
=> lechery
=> homosexuality, homosexualism, homoeroticism, queerness, gayness
=> bisexuality
=> heterosexuality, heterosexualism, straightness
=> bestiality, zooerastia, zooerasty
Sense 4
union, unification
> state
=> feeling
=> skillfulness
=> cognitive state, state of mind
=> cleavage
=> medium
=> ornamentation
=> condition
=> condition, status
=> conditionality
=> ground state
=> nationhood
=> situation, state of affairs
=> relationship
=> relationship
=> tribalism
=> utopia
=> dystopia
=> wild, natural state, state of nature
=> isomerism
=> degree, level, stage, point
=> office, power
=> status, position
=> being, beingness, existence
=> nonbeing
=> death
=> employment, employ
=> unemployment
=> order
=> disorder
=> hostility, enmity, antagonism
=> conflict
=> illumination
=> freedom
=> representation, delegacy, agency
=> dependence, dependance, dependency
=> motion
=> motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness
=> dead letter, non-issue
=> action, activity, activeness
=> inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
=> temporary state
=> imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, forthcomingness
=> readiness, preparedness, preparation
=> flux, state of flux
=> physiological state, physiological condition
=> kalemia
=> enlargement
=> separation
=> union, unification
=> maturity, matureness
=> immaturity, immatureness
=> grace, saving grace, state of grace
=> damnation, eternal damnation
=> omniscience
=> omnipotence
=> perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra
=> integrity, unity, wholeness
=> imperfection, imperfectness
=> receivership
=> ownership
=> obligation
=> end, destruction, death
=> revocation, annulment
=> merchantability
=> turgor
=> homozygosity
=> heterozygosity
=> neotony
=> plurality
=> polyvalence, polyvalency
=> polyvalence, polyvalency, multivalence, multivalency
=> paternity
=> utilization
Sense 5
marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock
> marital status
=> marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock
=> civil union
=> bachelorhood
=> spinsterhood
=> widowhood
Sense 6
union, conglutination
> healing
=> convalescence, recuperation, recovery
=> union, conglutination
Sense 7
union
> political unit, political entity
=> state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
=> Holy Roman Empire
=> union
=> Palestine National Authority, Palestinian National Authority, Palestine Authority
=> cell, cadre
=> amphictyony
=> lunatic fringe
=> revolutionary group
=> lobby, pressure group, third house
Sense 8
union, sum, join
> set
=> dentition, teeth
=> singleton
=> pair, brace
=> trio, triad, triplet, triple
=> quartet, quartette, quadruplet, quadruple
=> quintet, quintette, quintuplet, quintuple
=> sextet, sextette, sestet
=> septet, septette
=> octet, octette
=> chess set
=> manicure set
=> union, sum, join
=> intersection, product, cartesian product
=> field
=> field
=> field
=> bracket
=> conjugation
=> suite
=> choir, consort
=> core, nucleus, core group
=> portfolio
=> score
=> threescore
=> synset
Sense 9
union
> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence
=> avalanche
=> experience
=> trouble
=> treat
=> miracle
=> wonder, marvel
=> thing
=> episode
=> eventuality, contingency, contingence
=> beginning
=> ending, conclusion, finish
=> one-off
=> periodic event, recurrent event
=> change, alteration, modification
=> error, computer error
=> accident, fortuity, chance event
=> fire
=> incident
=> discharge
=> case, instance, example
=> movement, motion
=> failure
=> success
=> appearance
=> destiny, fate
=> disappearance
=> disappearance
=> contact, impinging, striking
=> finish
=> interruption, break
=> sound
=> union
=> news event
=> flash
=> convergence
=> juncture, occasion
=> outburst, burst, flare-up
=> outbreak, eruption, irruption
=> reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye
=> boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
=> crash, collapse
=> supervention
Sense 10
union
> device
=> union
Sense 11
union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure
> combination, combining, compounding
=> attachment, affixation
=> confusion
=> mix, commixture, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing
=> fusion
=> blend, blending
=> interspersion, interspersal
=> temperance
=> union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure
=> consolidation, integration
Meronyms of noun union
11 senses of union
Sense 1
union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
=> organization, organisation
HAS MEMBER: quorum
HAS MEMBER: membership, rank
Sense 2
Union, North
HAS PART: free state
Sense 7
union
=> political unit, political entity
=> unit, social unit
=> organization, organisation
HAS MEMBER: quorum
HAS MEMBER: membership, rank
Sense 8
union, sum, join
=> set
HAS MEMBER: volume
Sense 10
union
=> device
=> emblem
=> design, pattern, figure
=> decoration, ornament, ornamentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun union
1 of 11 senses of union
Sense 1
union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
PART OF: labor movement, trade union movement, labor
Grep of noun union
anglican communion
bunion
civil union
communion
company union
constitutional union party
cooper union
cooper union for the advancement of science and art
craft union
credit union
customs union
disunion
european union
holy communion
industrial union
intercommunion
labor union
pan american union
reunion
sexual union
soviet union
student union
teamsters union
trade union
trade union movement
trades union
union
union army
union card
union flag
union jack
union member
union of burma
union of serbia and montenegro
union of soviet socialist republics
union representative
union shop
union soldier
union suit
unionidae
unionisation
unionism
unionist
unionization
vertical union
Grep of verb union
unionise
unionize
Antonyms of adj union
2 senses of union
Sense 1
Union, Federal
INDIRECT (VIA northern) -> southern
Sense 2
union (vs. nonunion)
nonunion (vs. union)
=> open(prenominal)
=> unorganized, unorganised, nonunionized, nonunionised
Similarity of adj union
2 senses of union
Sense 1
Union, Federal
=> northern (vs. southern)
Sense 2
union (vs. nonunion)
=> closed(prenominal)
=> organized, organised, unionized, unionised
Pertainyms of adj union
Attributes of adj union
Domain of adj union
Domain Terms of adj union
Familiarity of adj union
union used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj union
nonunion
union
unionised
unionized
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