Synonyms for coalition
Most common
alliance consortium federation confederation coalescence concretion
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Alliance
alliance, consortium, federation, confederation, league, confederacy, conspiracy, alignment, combination, amalgamation, composition, junction, conjunction, copartnership
2. Coalescence
Definitions
- n. 1
A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties formed a coalition government in 2010.
- n. 2
A group of cheetahs.
Forms
- Plural
- coalitions → alliances, consortiums, federations, confederations…
Choose the right word
Coalition is oftenest used of political parties; fusion is now the more common word in this sense.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- alliance Algeria has good relations with the NATO alliance.
- federation Tatarstan is a republic of the Russian Federation.
- consortium This consortium has thirteen members.
- confederation Gustavo is the head of the confederation.
- union It is improper to impose sanctions upon the union.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| coalition | rising | |
| alliance | steady | |
| federation | falling | |
| consortium | steady | |
| confederation | steady | |
| union | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- union2
- 6 letters
- league1, fusion2
- 8 letters
- alliance3, junction2
- 9 letters
- alignment3
- 10 letters
- federation4, conspiracy4, consortium4, concretion
- 11 letters
- combination4, composition4, conjunction3, confederacy5, coalescence4
- 12 letters
- amalgamation5
- 13 letters
- confederation5, copartnership
- 14 letters
- conglutination
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (union2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- coalition
- Italiano
- coalizione
- Español
- coalición
- Deutsch
- Koalition