united

/juˈnaɪdɪd/

/juˈnaɪtɪd/

When two things are so closely linked or attached that they act as if they were a single unit, they are united. Allied countries join together during war, united against a common enemy.

If several friends are united against a playground bully, they act as one to fight back or scare the bully away. The phrase "united front" shows up a lot in politics, and it usually refers to groups of people or governments banding together to gain strength or resist some negative force. The United States is a single country formed from many individual states that are joined into one. The Latin root, unus, means "one."

Definitions of united

1. adjective

   characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity
   “presented a united front”

   synonyms:

   collective

   forming a whole or aggregate

   integrated

   not segregated; designated as available to all races or groups

   joint

   united or combined

   agreed, in agreement

   united by being of the same opinion

   allied, confederate, confederative

   united in a confederacy or league

   amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fused

   joined together into a whole

   coalescent, coalescing

   growing together, fusing

   cohesive

   cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

   conjugate, conjugated, coupled

   joined together especially in a pair or pairs

   conjunct

   bound in close association

   federate, federated

   united under a central government

   incorporate, incorporated, integrated, merged, unified

   formed or united into a whole

   in league

   (usually followed by `with') united in effort as if in a league

   one, unitary

   having the indivisible character of a unit

   suprasegmental

   pertaining to a feature of speech that extends over more than a single speech sound

   tied

   bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection

   undivided

   not parted by conflict of opinion

   unpartitioned

   not divided by partitions

   nonsegmental, unsegmented

   having a body that is not divided into segments

   antonyms:

   divided

   separated into parts or pieces

   distributive

   serving to distribute or allot or disperse

   segregated, unintegrated

   separated or isolated from others or a main group

   separate

   independent; not united or joint

   bicameral, two-chambered

   consisting of two chambers

   bifid

   divided into two lobes

   bifurcate, biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy

   resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches

   bifurcated

   divided into or made up of two parts

   bilocular, biloculate

   divided into or containing two cells or chambers

   black-and-white

   of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories

   chambered

   having compartmental chambers

   bisulcate, cloven

   (used of hooves) split, divided

   dichotomous

   divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications

   disconnected, disunited, fragmented, split

   having been divided; having the unity destroyed

   disjointed

   taken apart at the joints

   disjunct

   having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects

   episodic

   of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes

   four-pronged

   having four prongs

   many-chambered

   having many chambers

   metameric, segmental, segmented

   having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters

   mullioned

   of windows; divided by vertical bars or piers usually of stone

   pentamerous

   divided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members

   pronged, tined

   having prongs or tines; usually used in combination

   sectional, sectioned

   consisting of or divided into sections

   segmental

   divided or organized into speech segments or isolable speech sounds

   three-pronged

   having three prongs

   torn

   disrupted by the pull of contrary forces

   trifid

   divided into three lobes

   two-pronged

   having two prongs
2. adjective

   of or relating to two people who are married to each other
   synonyms: joined

   married

   joined in matrimony