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plural of league
Synonyms of leagues
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
- a league of concerned parishioners who are seeking a greater voice in church affairs
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- associations,
- boards,
- brotherhoods,
- chambers,
- clubs,
- colleges,
- congresses,
- consortia
- (also consortiums),
- councils,
- fellowships,
- fraternities,
- guilds
- (also gilds),
- institutes,
- institutions,
- orders,
- organizations,
- societies,
- sodalities
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2
an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection
- created to avert future wars, the League of Nations was a forerunner of the United Nations
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3
one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic
- that falls into a different league of fiction—the popular novel
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leagues
verbpresent tense third-person singular of league
Synonyms & Antonyms of leagues (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members
- the whole block leagued together to keep a liquor store from opening in their neighborhood
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2
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end
- some unlikely political bedfellows leagued together to get the bill passed
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