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unionized

adj · verb · 5 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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  • UK: /ˈjuːnjənaɪzd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: yo͞onʹyə-nīzd
  • US: /ˈjunjənaɪzd/
  • ŭn-īʹən-īzd
  • /ʌnˈaɪənaɪzd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: Y UW1 N Y AH0 N AY2 Z D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Organized into a trades union or trades unions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: adjective, error-misspelling, participle

Qualifier: companies; or industries; companies; or industries

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Alternative form of un-ionized.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of unionize

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

not converted into ions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nonionized, nonionised, unionised, nonionic

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

being a member of or formed into a labor union

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • organized labor
  • unionized workers
  • a unionized shop

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: organized, organised, unionised

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From unionize, from union + -ize.

From un- + ionized, from ionize.