ALLIANCE Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

alliance

noun

ə-ˈlī-ən(t)s

as in treaty

a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples the smaller countries signed an alliance pledging to protect one another against the belligerent behemoth in their midst

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as in coalition

an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection an alliance between the French and the Algonquians to check Iroquois advances into their territory

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as in partnership

the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters) in alliance with booksellers, the nation's schools are promoting National Reading Month

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Recent Examples of alliance While discussions on Greenland and the broader transatlantic alliance are taking up a lot of the international oxygen ahead of Tuesday’s elections, the talk at home is focused more on economic concerns. —

Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 23 Mar. 2026 Slotkin says her office is working to protect those programs in the upcoming farm bill and broaden alliances to ensure urban growers are represented at the federal level. —

Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026 Key European alliances in Germany, France and the United Kingdom all publicly rebuffed the president's demand for help securing critical passage of commerce in the Strait of Hormuz, leaving the president to lash out at his allies and make escalatory threats against Iran. —

Justin Fishel, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026 In his new alliance with the groups, some of whose views are considered extreme, the government began to significantly redefine the nation’s foreign and domestic policies. —

Karel Janicek, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for alliance

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Congress ultimately rejected these treaties in a secret meeting — after pressure from the state — and failed to notify tribes, many of whom upheld their end of the agreement to relocate.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Gulf countries’ security tie-ins with the US — from hosting American bases to huge hardware purchases and bilateral defense treaties — have been more of a liability than a source of protection over the course of the war.

— Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 16 Mar. 2026