What does union mean?

union means "an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer". That is the primary sense; the word has 13 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in union?

union has 2 syllables: u-nion. The stress falls on "u". In IPA it is /ˈjunjən/.

What is another word for union?

Close synonyms include labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood, North. 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.

What is the opposite of union?

The recorded antonyms are separation, disunion, nonunion.

Is union a common word?

union 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.

What rhymes with union?

1 word rhymes with union. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

union — meaning, pronunciation and 13 definitions

noun

11 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
“you have to join the union in order to get a job”
Synonymslabor union trade union trades union brotherhood
Broaderorganization
Narrowerindustrial union craft union company union Industrial Workers of the World
Part oflabor movement
2.
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”
SynonymsNorth
BroaderUnited States
Partsfree state
United States
3.
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”
Synonymscoupling mating pairing conjugation sexual union
Broadersexual activity
Narrowerassortative mating disassortative mating hybridization inbreeding servicing
4.
the state of being joined or united or linked
“there is strength in union”
Synonymsunification
Antonymsseparation
Broaderstate
Narrowercoalition connection junction association marriage syncretism
5.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
“a long and happy marriage”
“God bless this union”
Synonymsmarriage matrimony spousal relationship wedlock
Broadermarital status
Narrowerbigamy common-law marriage endogamy exogamy marriage of convenience misalliance monandry monogamy open marriage cuckoldom
law
6.
healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
Synonymsconglutination
Broaderhealing
7.
a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
“the Soviet Union”
Broaderpolitical unit
Narrowerconfederation enosis league customs union
8.
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”
Synonymssum join
Broaderset
Narrowerdirect sum
9.
the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
“lightning produced an unusual union of the metals”
Broaderhappening
Narroweramphimixis fusion combining
10.
a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
Broaderdevice
11.
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”
Synonymsunification uniting conjugation jointure
Antonymsdisunion
Broadercombination
Narrowercoalescence reunion tribalization umbrella

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
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”
SynonymsFederal
Similarnorthern
2.
of trade unions
“the union movement”
“union negotiations”
“a union-shop clause in the contract”
Antonymsnonunion
Similarclosed organized

Other forms of union

plural: unions·

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 union

What does union mean?: union means "an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer". That is the primary sense; the word has 13 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in union?: union has 2 syllables: u-nion. The stress falls on "u". In IPA it is /ˈjunjən/.
What is another word for union?: Close synonyms include labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood, North. 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.
What is the opposite of union?: The recorded antonyms are separation, disunion, nonunion.
Is union a common word?: union 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.
What rhymes with union?: 1 word rhymes with union. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for union come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

11 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
“you have to join the union in order to get a job”
Synonymslabor union trade union trades union brotherhood
Broaderorganization
Narrowerindustrial union craft union company union Industrial Workers of the World
Part oflabor movement
2.
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”
SynonymsNorth
BroaderUnited States
Partsfree state
United States
3.
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”
Synonymscoupling mating pairing conjugation sexual union
Broadersexual activity
Narrowerassortative mating disassortative mating hybridization inbreeding servicing
4.
the state of being joined or united or linked
“there is strength in union”
Synonymsunification
Antonymsseparation
Broaderstate
Narrowercoalition connection junction association marriage syncretism
5.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
“a long and happy marriage”
“God bless this union”
Synonymsmarriage matrimony spousal relationship wedlock
Broadermarital status
Narrowerbigamy common-law marriage endogamy exogamy marriage of convenience misalliance monandry monogamy open marriage cuckoldom
law
6.
healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
Synonymsconglutination
Broaderhealing
7.
a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
“the Soviet Union”
Broaderpolitical unit
Narrowerconfederation enosis league customs union
8.
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”
Synonymssum join
Broaderset
Narrowerdirect sum
9.
the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
“lightning produced an unusual union of the metals”
Broaderhappening
Narroweramphimixis fusion combining
10.
a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
Broaderdevice
11.
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”
Synonymsunification uniting conjugation jointure
Antonymsdisunion
Broadercombination
Narrowercoalescence reunion tribalization umbrella

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
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”
SynonymsFederal
Similarnorthern
2.
of trade unions
“the union movement”
“union negotiations”
“a union-shop clause in the contract”
Antonymsnonunion
Similarclosed organized

Other forms of union

plural: unions·

Questions about union

What does union mean?: union means "an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer". That is the primary sense; the word has 13 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in union?: union has 2 syllables: u-nion. The stress falls on "u". In IPA it is /ˈjunjən/.
What is another word for union?: Close synonyms include labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood, North. 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.
What is the opposite of union?: The recorded antonyms are separation, disunion, nonunion.
Is union a common word?: union 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.
What rhymes with union?: 1 word rhymes with union. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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