Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun coalition
3 senses of coalition
Sense 1
alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement -- (an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty)
=> organization, organisation -- (a group of people who work together)
Sense 2
coalition, fusion -- (the state of being combined into one body)
=> union, unification -- (the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union")
Sense 3
coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination -- (the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts)
=> union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure -- (the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays")