Standard Lemma guide

solidarity

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsɒl.ɪˈdæɹ.ə.ti/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsɒl.ɪˈdæɹ.ti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • London: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ə.ti/
  • General-American: /ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ti/
  • General-American: [ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ɾi]
  • General-American: /ˌsɑ.ləˈdɛɹ.ə.ti/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˌsɔl.əˈdæɹ.ə.ti/
  • Australian: [ˌsɔl.əˈdæɹ.ə.ɾi]
  • CMU ARPABET: S AA2 L AH0 D EH1 R AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A political movement begun in the labor unions of Poland that contributed to the fall of Communism in that country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A bond of unity or agreement between individuals, united around a common goal or against a common enemy, such as the unifying principle that defines the labor movement; mutual support within a group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • A long time union member himself, Phil showed solidarity with the picketing grocery store workers by shopping at a competing, unionized store.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Willingness to support another person in a difficult position or needs affection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Only the solidarity provided by her siblings allowed Margaret to cope with her mother's harrowing death.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: commonality, commonness

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, from English solidary + -ity, or from French solidarité (“solidarity”), from solidaire (“characterized by solidarity”), from Latin solidum (“whole sum”), neuter of solidus (“solid”).

Across languages

Translations

117 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 團結工會 /团结工会 (tuánjié gōnghuì) — political movement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 團結工聯 /团结工联 (tuánjié gōng lián) — political movement
  • Czech: Solidarita — political movement
  • Hungarian: Szolidaritás — political movement
  • Polish: Solidarność — political movement
  • Russian: Солида́рность (Solidárnostʹ) — political movement
  • Spanish: Solidaridad — political movement
  • Ukrainian: Соліда́рність (Solidárnistʹ) — political movement
  • Albanian: solidaritet — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Arabic: تَضَامُن (taḍāmun) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Armenian: համերաշխություն (hamerašxutʻyun) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Azerbaijani: həmrəylik — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Bashkir: теләктәшлек (teləktəşlek) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Basque: elkartasun — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Basque: solidaritate — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Belarusian: саліда́рнасць (salidárnascʹ) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Bulgarian: солида́рност (solidárnost) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Burmese: စည်းလုံးညီညွတ်မှု (cany:lum:nyi-nywathmu.) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Catalan: solidaritat — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 團結 /团结 (tuánjié) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Czech: solidarita — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Czech: solidárnost — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Danish: solidaritet — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Dutch: solidariteit — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Estonian: solidaarsus — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Finnish: solidaarisuus — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • French: solidarité — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Galician: solidariedade — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Georgian: სოლიდარობა (solidaroba) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • German: Solidarität — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Greek: αλληλεγγύη (allilengýi) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Greek: συναδελφικότητα (synadelfikótita) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Hebrew: סוֹלִידָרִיּוּת — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Hindi: एकता (ektā) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Hindi: ऐक्यभाव (aikyabhāv) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Hindi: एकजुटता (ekjuṭtā) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Hungarian: szolidaritás — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Indonesian: kekompakan — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Indonesian: kesetiakawanan — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Irish: dlúthpháirtíocht — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Irish: dlúthchomhar — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Italian: solidarietà — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Japanese: 連帯 (rentai) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Kazakh: ынтымақ (yntymaq) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Khmer: ទឡ្ហភាព (tŏəlhaʼphiəp) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Khmer: សាមគ្គី (saamakkii) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Korean: 연대 (yeondae) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Korean: 련대 (ryeondae) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Kyrgyz: ынтымак (ıntımak) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Kyrgyz: тиренишме (tirenişme) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Kyrgyz: тилектештик (tilekteştik) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Ladino: solidarita — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Ladino: solidaridad — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Lao: ຄວາມສາມັກຄີ (khuām sā mak khī) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Latvian: solidaritāte — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Lithuanian: solidarumas — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Macedonian: солидарност (solidarnost) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Malay: setiakawan — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Malayalam: ഐകമത്യം (aikamatyaṁ) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Maltese: solidarjetà — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Navajo: łaʼ ídlį́ — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: solidaritet — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Occitan: solidaritat — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Persian: همبستگی (ham-bastegi) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Polish: solidarność — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Portuguese: solidariedade — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Romanian: solidaritate — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Russian: солида́рность (solidárnostʹ) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Serbo-Croatian: солида́рно̄ст — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Serbo-Croatian: solidárnōst — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Slovak: solidarita — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Slovak: solidárnosť — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Slovene: solidarnost — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Spanish: solidaridad — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Swedish: solidaritet — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Swedish: sammanhållning — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Tagalog: kaisahan — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Tagalog: pakikiisa — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Tajik: ҳамфикрӣ (hamfikri) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Tajik: ҳамраъйӣ (hamra'yi) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Tajik: муттафиқӣ (muttafiqi) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Tajik: ҳамбастагӣ (hambastagi) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Tashelhit: tiwizi — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Tatar: теләктәшлек (teläktäşlek) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Thai: ความสามัคคี (kwaam-sǎa-mák-kii) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Tibetan: ཆིག་སྒྲིལ (chig sgril) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Turkish: dayanışma — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Ukrainian: соліда́рність (solidárnistʹ) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Urdu: یَک جِہَتی (yak jehatī) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Urdu: یَگانْگَت (yagāngat) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Uyghur: ئىتتىپاقلىق (ittipaqliq) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Uzbek: birdamlik — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Uzbek: hamfikrlik — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Vietnamese: sự liên đới — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Vietnamese: tình đoàn kết — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Welsh: cydsafiad — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Welsh: solidariaeth — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Yiddish: סאָלידאַרישקײַט (solidarishkayt) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Yiddish: סאָלידאַריטעט (solidaritet) — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Zulu: ubuntu — unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
  • Catalan: solidaritat — psychological or material support
  • Czech: solidarita — psychological or material support
  • Danish: solidaritet — psychological or material support
  • Dutch: solidariteit — psychological or material support
  • Finnish: tuki — psychological or material support
  • French: solidarité — psychological or material support
  • German: Solidarität — psychological or material support
  • German: Unterstützung — psychological or material support
  • Greek: αλληλεγγύη (allilengýi) — psychological or material support
  • Indonesian: dukungan — psychological or material support
  • Indonesian: solidaritas — psychological or material support
  • Italian: solidarietà — psychological or material support
  • Malay: sokongan — psychological or material support
  • Malay: solidariti — psychological or material support
  • Polish: solidarność — psychological or material support
  • Portuguese: solidariedade — psychological or material support
  • Spanish: solidaridad — psychological or material support
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