coalition

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: co=a=li=tion
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

coalition, n. [LL. coalitio: cf. F. coalition. See Coalesce.].

•  The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms.  Bentley.  [1913 Webster]
•  A combination, for temporary purposes, of persons, parties, or states, having different interests.  [1913 Webster]

  "A coalition of the puritan and the blackleg."  [1913 Webster]

  "The coalition between the religious and worldly enemies of popery."

Syn. -- Alliance; confederation; confederacy; league; combination; conjunction; conspiracy; union.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

coalition, n.
1 Polit. a temporary alliance for combined action, esp. of distinct parties forming a government, or of States.
2 fusion into one whole.

Derivative

coalitionist n.

Etymology

med.L coalitio (as COALESCE)

THESAURUS

coalition

Anschluss, Bund, Rochdale cooperative, addition, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alignment, alliance, amalgamation, anschluss, assemblage, assimilation, association, axis, band, blend, blending, bloc, body, cabal, cahoots, cartel, centralization, coadunation, coalescence, colleagueship, college, collegialism, collegiality, combination, combine, combo, common market, communist front, composition, comradeship, confederacy, confederation, confraternity, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, consumer cooperative, cooperative, cooperative society, copartnership, copartnery, corps, council, credit union, customs union, economic community, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, faction, federalization, federation, fellowship, fraternalism, fraternity, fraternization, free trade area, freemasonry, front, fusion, gang, grass-roots movement, ground swell, group, grouping, hookup, inclusion, incorporation, integration, junction, junta, league, machine, marriage, meld, melding, mergence, merger, merging, mob, movement, package, package deal, partnership, party, political front, political machine, popular front, ring, society, sodality, solidification, sorority, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tie-in, tie-up, unification, union, wedding

ROGET THESAURUS

coalition

Cooperation

N cooperation, coadjuvancy, coadjutancy, coagency, coefficiency, concert, concurrence, complicity, participation, union, additivity, combination, collusion, association, alliance, colleagueship, joint stock, copartnership, cartel, confederation, coalition, fusion, a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together, logrolling, freemasonry, unanimity, esprit de corps, party spirit, clanship, partisanship, concord, synergy, coaction, cooperating, in cooperation, in league, coadjuvant, coadjutant, dyed in the wool, cooperative, additive, participative, coactive, synergetic, synergistic, favorable to, unopposed, as one, shoulder to shoulder, synergistically, cooperatively, due teste valgono piu che una sola.

Party

N party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band, horde, posse, phalanx, family, clan, team, tong, council, community, body, fellowship, sodality, solidarity, confraternity, familistere, familistery, brotherhood, sisterhood, knot, gang, clique, ring, circle, group, crowd, in-crowd, coterie, club, casino, machine, Tammany, Tammany Hall, corporation, corporate body, guild, establishment, company, copartnership, partnership, firm, house, joint concern, joint-stock company, cahoot, combine, trust, society, association, institute, institution, union, trades union, league, syndicate, alliance, Verein, Bund, Zollverein, combination, Turnverein, league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive, coalition, federation, confederation, confederacy, junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue, freemasonry, party spirit, Confederates, Conservatives, Democrats, Federalists, Federals, Freemason, Knight Templar, Kuklux, Kuklux Klan, KKK, Liberals, Luddites, Republicans, Socialists, Tories, Whigs staff, dramatis personae, in league, in partnership, in alliance, bonded together, banded together, linked, joined together, embattled, confederated, federative, joint, hand in hand, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, en masse, in the same boat.