Synonyms of the word

confederacy

• n. an alliance.

agreement

• n. (countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
• n. (uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting…
• n. (uncountable, law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
• n. (uncountable, linguistics) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be…
• n. (obsolete, chiefly in the plural) An agreeable quality.

band

• n. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
• n. (architecture) A strip of decoration.
• n. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
• n. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
• n. (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic…
• n. (physics) A part of the radio spectrum.
• n. (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
• n. (obsolete) A bond.
• n. (obsolete) Pledge; security.
• n. (especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify…
• n. (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc.
• n. (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $10K, held together by a band; (by extension)…
• v. (transitive) To fasten with a band.
• v. (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).
• n. A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.
• n. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.
• n. A marching band.
• n. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).
• n. (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society.
• n. (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government…
• v. (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.

circle

• n. (geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a…
• n. A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a…
• n. Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.
• n. A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.
• n. Orbit.
• n. A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.
• n. (cricket) A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight…
• n. (Wicca) A ritual circle that is cast three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the…
• n. (South Africa) A traffic circle or roundabout.
• n. (obsolete) Compass; circuit; enclosure.
• n. (astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed…
• n. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
• n. (logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive…
• n. Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
• n. A territorial division or district.
• n. (in the plural) A bagginess of the skin below the eyes from lack of sleep.
• v. (transitive) To travel around along a curved path.
• v. (transitive) To surround.
• v. (transitive) To place or mark a circle around.
• v. (intransitive) To travel in circles.

confederation

• n. A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
• n. The act of forming an alliance.

conspiracy

• n. The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood…
• n. (law) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
• n. A group of ravens.
• n. (linguistics) A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related…

federation

• n. Act of joining together into a single political entity.
• n. Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.
• n. Any society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies.
• n. (computing, telecommunications) A collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability.
• adj. (Australia) Of an architectural style popular around the time of federation.

lot

• n. A large quantity or number; a great deal.
• n. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
• n. One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
• n. (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
• n. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
• n. That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
• n. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without…
• n. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
• n. A prize in a lottery.
• n. Allotment; lottery.
• n. (definite, the lot) All members of a set; everything.
• n. An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32…
• v. (transitive, dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.
• v. (US, informal, dated) To count or reckon (on or upon).

set

• v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
• v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
• v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
• v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
• v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
• v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
• v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
• v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
• v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
• v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
• v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
• v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
• v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
• v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
• v. (intransitive) To solidify.
• v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
• v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
• v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
• v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
• v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
• v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
• v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
• v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
• v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
• v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
• v. To place or fix in a setting.
• v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
• v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
• v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
• v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
• v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
• v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
• v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
• v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
• v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
• v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
• n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
• n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
• n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
• n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
• n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
• n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
• n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
• n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
• n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
• n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
• n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
• n. A young oyster when first attached.
• n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
• n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
• n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
• n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
• adj. Fixed in position.
• adj. Rigid, solidified.
• adj. Ready, prepared.
• adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
• adj. Prearranged.
• adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
• adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
• n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
• n. A rudimentary fruit.
• n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
• n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
• n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
• n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
• n. An object made up of several parts.
• n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
• n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
• n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
• n. The scenery for a film or play.
• n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
• n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
• n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
• n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
• n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
• n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
• n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
• v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.

understanding

• n. (uncountable) Mental, sometimes emotional process of comprehension, assimilation of knowledge, which is…
• n. (countable) Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer.
• n. (countable) Opinion, judgement or outlook.
• n. (countable) An informal contract; mutual agreement.
• n. (countable) A reconciliation of differences.
• n. (uncountable) Sympathy.
• n. All that people individually sense and feel of themselves.
• adj. Showing compassion.
• v. present participle of understand.

union

• n. (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being united or joined.
• n. (countable) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts…
• n. (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
• n. (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some…
• n. (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
• n. (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
• n. (countable) The act or state of marriage.
• n. (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
• n. (countable, computing) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a…
• n. (countable, now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
• v. To combine sets using the union operation.