Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun collocation

2 senses of collocation

Sense 1
collocation -- (a grouping of words in a sentence)
       => language unit, linguistic unit -- (one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed)

Sense 2
juxtaposition, apposition, collocation -- (the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors")
       => placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement -- (the act of putting something in a certain place)