UNIONS Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

unions

noun

plural of union

as in mergers

the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one the union of East Germany and West Germany that became possible after the fall of communism

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an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection in 1949 the U.S. and Canada joined their European allies in a transatlantic union to defend Western Europe from aggression by the Soviet Union

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the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters) the movie studio is producing the blockbuster in union with another studio because of the tremendous cost involved

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Recent Examples of unions The unions cited concerns including job security, affordable health care, and wages that meet New York City’s inflated cost of living. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Geffray is scheduled to meet with teachers’ unions, student representatives and parents’ groups on Friday. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 The unions are fighting back, hoping to convince large media organizations to limit AI use. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Protests began at some French schools last week but picked up Tuesday, with violent scenes overshadowing a nationwide day of protests by unions, workers and students against the upcoming government budget. — Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 Many were members of construction unions, including the Sacramento-Sierra Building & Construction Trades Council, Laborers Union Local 185 and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 340. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Half would go to health care and retirement trust funds for production unions, including the WGA, IATSE, DGA, and Teamsters. — Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 But unions and studio chiefs celebrated last week’s developments. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026 Tenants unions and other housing groups on Thursday held protests and rallies in 16 cities, including Granada, Logroño and Zaragoza. — Jamie Gray, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026

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It’s been a dynamic year with a varied complexion of transactions, from mega-mergers to portfolio pruning through corporate divestitures.

— Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Some of the most cataclysmic events in the cosmos, such as mergers of supermassive black holes, should produce a very specific gravitational wave signature, according to general relativity.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of mergers

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Similarly to De Soto, residents in Emporia, El Dorado, Ottawa, Osawatomie and Edgerton have formed their own coalitions and circulated petitions to ban data centers in their respective communities.

— Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
Both parties emerged from the progressive era as messy coalitions of diverse constituencies and interests, not uniform ideologies.

— Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of coalitions

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Attempts to coordinate the different agencies under a central authority to fight organized crime have failed in Congress, where professional associations representing those agencies have resisted anything that would reduce their power.

— MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
The model then forms statistical associations between the person’s name, profession, companies and areas of activity.

— Alona Karpinska, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of associations

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Melvoin also was curious about how much flexibility the district would have to rethink or cancel projects based on state funding decisions or decisions related to school closures or consolidations.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
The Boulder Valley School District is proposing a sweeping round of school closures and consolidations.

— Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of consolidations

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Rather, it was based on joint research by eight major trade union federations examining the actual living expenses of 422 workers from 28 factories in Phnom Penh, Kandal and Kampong Speu provinces.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
The 211 national federations were offered $20 million each to approve the creation of the FIFA Forward Enterprise subsidiary.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026