UNION

Definition

1. adjective being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War. — synonyms: Federal
2. adjective of trade unions.
3. noun an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer. — synonyms: labor_union, trade_union, trades_union, brotherhood
4. noun the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War). — synonyms: North
5. noun the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes. — synonyms: coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, sexual_union
6. noun the state of being joined or united or linked. — synonyms: unification
7. noun the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce). — synonyms: marriage, matrimony, spousal_relationship, wedlock
8. noun healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones. — synonyms: conglutination
9. noun a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations.
10. noun a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets. — synonyms: sum, join
11. noun the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts.
12. noun a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner).
13. noun the act of making or becoming a single unit. — synonyms: unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure