Antonyms for conjunction
kənˈdʒʌŋk ʃəncon·junc·tion

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1. conjunction

   We speak of an alliance of nations, a club of pleasure-seekers, a community of Shakers, a company of soldiers or of friends, a confederacy, confederation, federation, or union of separate states under one general government, a partnership or company of business men, a conjunction of planets. The whole body of Freemasons constitute a fraternity; one of their local organizations is called a lodge. A corporation or company is formed for purposes of business; an association or society (tho also incorporated) is for learning, literature, benevolence, religion, etc. Compare ASSOCIATE; ACQUAINTANCE; FRIENDSHIP.

   Antonyms:
   disintegration, independence, isolation, separation, solitude

   Synonyms:
   alliance, association, club, community, companionship, company, confederacy, confederation, connection, corporation, familiarity, federation, fellowship, fraternity, friendship, lodge, participation, partnership, society, union

   Preposition:
   An association of scholars for the advancement of knowledge; association with the good is ennobling.

Matched Categories

1. • Astronomy
   • Connection
   • Function Word
   • Grammatical Relation
   • Meeting
   • Simultaneity
   • Union

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrencenoun

   the temporal property of two things happening at the same time

   "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"

   Synonyms:
   conjugation, colligation, connective, attendant, accompaniment, concurrence, co-occurrence, meeting of minds, junction, continuative, concurrency, happenstance, concomitant, alignment, coincidence, conjunctive

2. junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligationnoun

   the state of being joined together

   Synonyms:
   conjugation, colligation, adjunction, join, connective, uniting, pairing, coupling, concurrence, joint, co-occurrence, union, articulation, junction, continuative, sexual union, juncture, unification, mating, jointure, alignment, coincidence, conjunctive

3. conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuativenoun

   an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences

   Synonyms:
   concurrence, connector, co-occurrence, junction, connective, continuative, alignment, conjugation, connecter, conjunctive, coincidence, connection, colligation, connexion

4. conjunctionnoun

   the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction

   Synonyms:
   concurrence, co-occurrence, junction, connective, continuative, alignment, conjugation, conjunctive, coincidence, colligation

5. conjunction, alignmentnoun

   (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac

   Synonyms:
   concurrence, co-occurrence, junction, connective, continuative, alliance, alignment, conjugation, coalition, conjunctive, coincidence, colligation, alinement

6. junction, conjunctionnoun

   something that joins or connects

   Synonyms:
   concurrence, alignment, joint, junction, connective, continuative, articulation, conjugation, juncture, conjunctive, coincidence, join, colligation, adjunction, co-occurrence

How to use conjunction in a sentence?

1. Janet Woodcock:

   Given the recognized public health benefits of sunscreen use, The FDA urges Americans to use sunscreens in conjunction with other sun protective measures( such as protective clothing).

2. Brett Giroir:

   This is evidence-based decisions that are driven by the scientists and physicians, both within the CDC with my office in the lab Task Force, and certainly among the task force members, these updated guidelines, coordinated in conjunction with Task Force, received appropriate attention, consultation and input from task force experts.

3. Merlino Masele Katuabuyenge:

   The conjunction "but" sounds good when the disadvantageous situation begins sentence

4. John Vignocchi:

   Hopefully, when our playset comes out this fall in conjunction with the film, they'll think that we've delivered.

5. Sergeant Trent Crump:

   Dealing with groups of protesters and opposing views is not the difficult part. Our goal and the real challenge are trying to anticipate unlawful activities that might occur in conjunction with these events.

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