LEAGUE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for LEAGUE?

Need another word that means the same as “league”? Find 45 synonyms and 30 related words for “league” in this overview.

The synonyms of “League” are: conference, alliance, confederation, confederacy, federation, union, association, coalition, combine, consortium, affiliation, guild, corporation, conglomerate, cooperative, partnership, fellowship, syndicate, compact, band, group, circle, ring, championship, competition, contest, class, category, ability group, level of ability, level, ally, join forces, join together, unite, form an association, band together, affiliate, amalgamate, form a federation, confederate, collaborate, team up, join up

League as a Noun

Definitions of "League" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “league” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A group of sports clubs which play each other over a period for a championship.
• An obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles.
• The contest for the championship of a league.
• An association of states or organizations or individuals for common action.
• An association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members.
• A collection of people, countries, or groups that combine for mutual protection or cooperation.
• A class or category of quality or excellence.
• An agreement or alliance.

Synonyms of "League" as a noun (31 Words)

ability group	Possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done.
affiliation	The state or process of affiliating or being affiliated. Welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university.
alliance	The act of forming an alliance or confederation. A defensive alliance between Australia and New Zealand.
association	The action of making a mental connection. His association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break.
band	An adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material. A narrow band of gold was her only jewellery.
category	A collection of things sharing a common attribute. The various categories of research.
championship	The position or title of the winner of a championship contest. A championship course.
circle	Something approximating the shape of a circle. They had excellent seats in the dress circle.
class	A principal taxonomic grouping that ranks above order and below phylum or division, such as Mammalia or Insecta. I was late for a class.
coalition	A temporary alliance for combined action, especially of political parties forming a government. They had a taste of government in coalition with the Social Democrats.
combine	A consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service. One of the world s biggest food and personal products combines.
compact	A mass of powdered metal compacted together in preparation for sintering. Strength is then introduced by infiltrating glass into the compact.
competition	Interaction between animal or plant species, or individual organisms, that are attempting to gain a share of a limited environmental resource. The competition for university places is greater than ever this year.
confederacy	A league or alliance, especially of confederate states. The Yakuza is a secret confederacy of criminal fraternities.
confederation	The act of forming an alliance or confederation. Canada became a confederation in 1867.
conference	A prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda. An international authority or if that was not possible a regional operators conference.
conglomerate	A thing consisting of a number of different and distinct parts or items that are grouped together. The sediments vary from coarse conglomerate to fine silt and clay.
consortium	An association of companies for some definite purpose. The amount awarded for loss of consortium must be included.
contest	An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. A leadership contest.
cooperative	A jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners. We run the agency as a workers cooperative.
corporation	A business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state. Multinational corporations.
federation	A group of states with a central government but independence in internal affairs. A first step in the federation of Europe.
fellowship	The status of a fellow of a college or society. They valued fun and good fellowship as the cement of the community.
group	Two or more figures or objects forming a design. A methyl group.
guild	A formal association of people with similar interests.
level	A horizontal plane or line with respect to the distance above or below a given point. Park the car on the level.
level of ability	A flat surface at right angles to a plumb line.
partnership	The members of a business venture created by contract. She will be eligible for a partnership after a few years.
ring	The sound of a bell ringing. A ring of ships in the harbor.
syndicate	A group of individuals or organizations combined to promote a common interest. A crime syndicate.
union	A trade union. The union of opposing factions.

Usage Examples of "League" as a noun

• The league championship.
• The year we won the league.
• The leading goalscorer in the league.
• Austin's in a league of his own.
• The two men were not in the same league.
• The League of Nations.

League as a Verb

Definitions of "League" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “league” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Join in a league or alliance.
• Unite to form a league.

Synonyms of "League" as a verb (14 Words)

affiliate	Officially attach or connect (a subsidiary group or a person) to an organization. She affiliates with her colleagues.
ally	Become an ally or associate as by a treaty or marriage. He allied himself with the forces of change.
amalgamate	Alloy (a metal) with mercury. He amalgamated his company with another.
band together	Bind or tie together, as with a band.
collaborate	Work jointly on an activity or project. He collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied Paris.
combine	Combine so as to form a whole mix. Oxygen combines with haemoglobin.
confederate	Form a group or unite. The treaty confederated the fourteen tribes.
form a federation	Assume a form or shape.
form an association	Make something, usually for a specific function.
join forces	Become part of; become a member of a group or organization.
join together	Make contact or come together.
join up	Cause to become joined or linked.
team up	Form a team.
unite	Be or become joined or united or linked. He called on the party to unite.

Usage Examples of "League" as a verb

• Oscar had leagued with other construction firms.

Associations of "League" (30 Words)

affiliate	A subordinate or subsidiary associate a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization. The two colleges affiliated.
affiliation	A social or business relationship. A valuable financial affiliation.
alliance	The act of forming an alliance or confederation. An alliance between medicine and morality.
ally	A state formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose. He s a good ally in fight.
association	A mental connection between things. The word bureaucracy has unpleasant associations.
club	Gather into a club like mass. He joined a golf club.
coalescence	The joining or merging of elements to form one mass or whole. The lack of coalescence among fields of science.
coalition	A temporary alliance for combined action, especially of political parties forming a government. A coalition between Liberals and Conservatives.
collaboration	Something produced in collaboration with someone. He wrote a book in collaboration with his son.
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.
committee	In the UK the whole House of Commons when sitting as a committee. A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.
confederacy	The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861. The Italian confederacy known as the Lombard League.
confederation	The act of forming an alliance or confederation. Canada became a confederation in 1867.
conjugate	A mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions one of A in B and another of B in A. Conjugate the verb.
consolidation	The action or process of combining a number of financial accounts or funds into a single overall account or set of accounts. He dropped the consolidation into the acid bath.
cooperation	Joint operation or action. Economic cooperation.
federation	A group of states with a central government but independence in internal affairs. A first step in the federation of Europe.
fusion	The combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept. A fusion reactor.
group	Form a group or group together. I now belong to my local drama group.
guild	An association of people for mutual aid or the pursuit of a common goal.
member	The male organ of copulation member is a euphemism. The EU s member countries.
membership	The members or the number of members in a group. A membership card.
national	Of or relating to nationality. The national highway system.
reunion	The action of being brought together again as a unified whole. A school reunion.
society	A specified section of society. The ethnic diversity of British society.
synthesis	The process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds. The synthesis of intellect and emotion in his work.
team	Come together as a team to achieve a common goal. Team members.
unify	Join or combine. The government hoped to centralize and unify the nation.
union	A trade union. A union shop clause in the contract.
united	Of or relating to two people who are married to each other. Presented a united front.