league
noun
[ liːɡ ]
• a collection of people, countries, or groups that combine for mutual protection or cooperation.
• "the League of Nations"
Similar:
alliance,
confederation,
confederacy,
federation,
union,
association,
coalition,
combine,
consortium,
affiliation,
guild,
corporation,
conglomerate,
cooperative,
partnership,
fellowship,
syndicate,
compact,
band,
group,
circle,
ring,
bloc,
faction,
axis,
congress,
entente,
brotherhood,
society,
fraternity,
coterie,
lodge,
consociation,
sodality,
• a group of sports clubs which play each other over a period for a championship.
• "the leading goalscorer in the league"
• a class or category of quality or excellence.
• "the two men were not in the same league"
league
verb
• join in a league or alliance.
• "Oscar had leagued with other construction firms"
Similar:
ally,
join forces,
join together,
unite,
form an association,
band together,
affiliate,
combine,
amalgamate,
form a federation,
confederate,
collaborate,
team up,
join up,
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a compact for mutual protection or advantage): via French from Italian lega, from legare ‘to bind’, from Latin ligare .
league
noun
• a former measure of distance by land, usually about three miles.
Origin:
late Middle English: from late Latin leuga, leuca, late Greek leugē, or from Provençal lega (modern French lieue ).
in league
• conspiring with another or others.
• "he is in league with the devil"
Similar:
collaborating with,
cooperating with,
in cooperation with,
in alliance with,
allied with,
conspiring with,
leagued with,
linked with,
hand in glove with,
in collusion with,
in cahoots with,
