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 In fact, Vance’s new faith highlights a growing alliance between culturally conservative elements of American Catholicism and America’s religious right, dominated by conservative Protestants since its emergence in the 1970s. —

Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 8 June 2026 Valtonen’s comments carry particular weight because Finland is one of NATO’s newest members and now sits on the alliance’s longest border with Russia. —

Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026 The robots this year played a game called REBUILT, with alliances working to score balls in massive goal towers, alternating between offensive and defensive play over the course of the match. —

P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026 For their part, Mamdani and Valdez are happy to spotlight their potent political alliance. —

Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for alliance

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The Chemical Weapons Convention, an arms control treaty signed by more than 190 states, that focuses on the production and use of chemical weapons, designates white phosphorus an incendiary agent rather than a chemical weapon.

— Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 6 June 2026
Xi’s visit coincides with the 65th anniversary of the two countries’ 1961 Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, China’s only mutual defense treaty, which was signed less than a decade after Chinese troops fought with North Korea in the Korean war.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 5 June 2026