Entry Word: unite

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to come together to form a single unit <using the microscope, we watched the water droplets unite into a single pool>

Synonyms associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, fuse, join, link (up), marry, unify

Related Words mate, yoke; ally, confederate, league; chain, compound, hitch, hook; congregate, gather, meet; recombine, rejoin, reunify, reunite

Near Antonyms detach, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, fractionate, isolate, resolve, uncouple, unyoke; disband, disperse, scatter

Antonyms break up, dissever, part, section, separate, sever, split, sunder, unlink

2 to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control <united several teams under the new management> — see centralize
3 to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members <parents united to reform the schoolʼs curriculum> — see ally