league

n

1. covenant, compact, pact, mutual assistance pact, entente, accord; treaty, concordat, contract, formal agreement, settlement, arrangement, understanding, cordial understanding, agreement, gentleman's agreement.

2. alliance, confederation, confederacy, coalition, combination; union, trade union, labor union; bloc, Bund, association, society, guild, grange; fraternity, sorority, fellowship, clan; partnership, copartnership, affiliation, corporation, incorporation, conglomerate, trust, syndicate, cartel, consortium, combine, machine, Sl. plunderbund; pool, cooperative, co-op, group; council, junta, conclave, assembly, meeting, convention, diet; faction, party, splinter group, clique, ring, Inf. push, Inf. crew, Inf. gang, (in China) tong.

3. group of teams, group of athletic teams; class, category, level of ability, ability group, group of equals, group of peers, equals, coequals, matches, well-matched opponents.

4. in league with leagued, Inf. in cahoots, allied, amalgamated, Inf. hooked up with, Inf. linked up with, Inf. in bed with; cooperating, coactive, collaborative; Inf. hand in glove with, Inf. shoulder to shoulder with, as one, as one man, Inf. of the same stripe.