ally

1. 1.

   become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage

   “He allied himself with the Communists”

   Broaderconsort

   Narrowermisally

Other forms of ally

plural

allies·

past tense or participle

allied

present participle

allying·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ally

What does ally mean?

ally means "a friendly nation". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ally?

ally has 2 syllables: al-ly. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˈælaɪ/.

What is another word for ally?

Close synonyms include friend. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ally a common word?

ally is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.