Need another word that means the same as “ally”? Find 36 synonyms and 30 related words for “ally” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Ally” are: friend, associate, colleague, confederate, partner, supporter, accomplice, helper, accessory, abetter, combine, marry, couple, merge, amalgamate, join, pool, fuse, weld, knit, unite, join up, join forces, band together, go into partnership, team up, collaborate, side, align oneself, league, go into league, affiliate, form an alliance, throw in one's lot, make common cause
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ally” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| abetter | One who helps or encourages or incites another. |
| accessory | Someone who gives assistance to the perpetrator of a crime without taking part in it. She was charged as an accessory to murder. |
| accomplice | A person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan. An accomplice in the murder. |
| associate | A friend who is frequently in the company of another. A close associate of the Minister. |
| colleague | A person who is member of one’s class or profession. The surgeon consulted his colleagues. |
| confederate | A supporter of the Confederate States of America. Where was his confederate the girl who had stolen Richard s wallet. |
| friend | A member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers. He was my best friend at the university. |
| helper | A person who helps someone else. We rely on volunteer helpers. |
| partner | A person who is a member of a partnership. A partner in a prosperous legal practice. |
| supporter | A person who backs a politician or a team etc. An Oxford United supporter. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ally” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| affiliate | (of an organization) admit as a member. They are national associations affiliated to larger organizations. |
| align oneself | Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking. |
| amalgamate | Alloy (a metal) with mercury. Amalgamated zinc. |
| band together | Bind or tie together, as with a band. |
| collaborate | Cooperate traitorously with an enemy. He collaborated with him on numerous hotel projects. |
| combine | Combine so as to form a whole mix. An ideal place to combine shopping and sightseeing. |
| confederate | Form a confederation with; of nations. The treaty confederated the fourteen tribes. |
| couple | Join to form a pair. A sense of hope is coupled with a palpable sense of loss. |
| form an alliance | Give shape or form to. |
| fuse | Of an electrical appliance stop working when a fuse melts. Intermarriage had fused the families into a large unit. |
| go into league | Be spent. |
| go into partnership | Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point. |
| join | Cause to become joined or linked. She joined the department last year. |
| join forces | Cause to become joined or linked. |
| join up | Make contact or come together. |
| knit | Make textiles by knitting. Cast on and knit a few rows. |
| league | Join in a league or alliance. Oscar had leagued with other construction firms. |
| make common cause | Create by artistic means. |
| marry | Take in marriage. Most Chardonnays don t marry well with salmon. |
| merge | Blend or cause to blend gradually into something else so as to become indistinguishable from it. He agreed to merge his broadcasting company with a multinational concern. |
| pool | Of liquid form a pool on the ground or another surface. Sweat pooled in the hollow of my back. |
| side | Provide with a side or sides form the side of. The hills that side a long valley. |
| team up | Form a team. |
| throw in one's lot | Get rid of. |
| unite | Be or become joined or united or linked. He called on the party to unite. |
| weld | Forge an article by welding. Her gratitude welded her to him. |
| affiliation | The state or process of affiliating or being affiliated. A valuable financial affiliation. |
| alliance | A formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim. His party is in alliance with the Greens. |
| amalgamate | To bring or combine together or with something else. He amalgamated his company with another. |
| associate | Make a logical or causal connection. An associate company. |
| association | A formal organization of people or groups of people. The word bureaucracy has unpleasant associations. |
| blend | The act of blending components together thoroughly. Blend and smudge the darker colours under the bottom lashes. |
| coalescence | The union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts. The lack of coalescence among fields of science. |
| coalescing | Growing together, fusing. |
| coalition | The union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts. They had a taste of government in coalition with the Social Democrats. |
| collaboration | Something produced in collaboration with someone. His recent opera was a collaboration with Lessing. |
| combination | A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock. The combination of recession and falling property values proved fatal to the business community. |
| combine | Combine so as to form a whole mix. Oxygen and hydrogen do not combine at room temperatures. |
| combined | Made or joined or united into one. |
| confederacy | The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861. The Yakuza is a secret confederacy of criminal fraternities. |
| confederation | The act of forming an alliance or confederation. Canada became a confederation in 1867. |
| conjoin | Join; combine. An approach which conjoins theory and method. |
| cooperation | Joint operation or action. We should like to ask for your cooperation in the survey. |
| fusion | Music that is a mixture of different styles, especially jazz and rock. A fusion reactor. |
| guild | A group of species that have similar requirements and play a similar role within a community. |
| integrate | Become one become integrated. Transport planning should be integrated with energy policy. |
| integrated | (of an institution, body, etc.) desegregated, especially racially. A more closely integrated economic and political system. |
| join | Cause to become joined or linked. After the show we were joined by Jessica s sister. |
| league | Unite to form a league. The league championship. |
| membership | The state of being a member. Countries seeking membership of the European Union. |
| merge | Join or combine. He placed a sheet of paper over the fresh paint to merge the colours. |
| synthesis | The combination of ideas into a complex whole. The ideology represented a synthesis of certain ideas. |
| unify | To bring or combine together or with something else. The government hoped to centralize and unify the nation. |
| union | Of trade unions. A union shop clause in the contract. |
| unite | Act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief. The Democratic Patry platform united several splinter groups. |
| united | Of or relating to two people who are married to each other. Presented a united front. |
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