Synonyms of UNIONS

noun

1. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer

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   • BROTHERHOOD20

   Also: labor union, trade union, trades union.

2. the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)

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   • NORTH8

3. the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

   • COUPLING13
   • MATING9
   • PAIRING10
   • CONJUGATION21
   • UNION5

   Also: sexual union.

4. the state of being joined or united or linked

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   • UNIFICATION16

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

   • MARRIAGE11
   • MATRIMONY16
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   • WEDLOCK17

   Also: spousal relationship.

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

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   • CONGLUTINATION17

7. a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations

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8. a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets

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   • SUM5
   • JOIN11

9. the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts

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10. a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)

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11. the act of making or becoming a single unit

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    • UNIFICATION16
    • UNITING8
    • CONJUGATION21
    • JOINTURE15