Noun

• S: (n) alliance, confederation (the state of being allied or confederated)
• S: (n) confederation, confederacy, federation (a union of political organizations)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) confederate [Related to: confederation] (form a group or unite) "The groups banded together"
• W: (v) confederate [Related to: confederacy] (form a confederation with; of nations)
• derivationally related form
• W: (adj) confederative (united in a confederacy or league)
• W: (n) confederation (the state of being allied or confederated)
• W: (n) confederation (the act of forming an alliance or confederation)
• W: (n) confederate (a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan))
• W: (n) confederacy (a union of political organizations)
• Overview
• synset
• W: (v) federate [Related to: federation] (unite on a federal basis or band together as a league) "The country was federated after the civil war"
• S: (n) confederation, alliance (the act of forming an alliance or confederation)