Synonyms for BRANCH
bræntʃ, brɑntʃbranch

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1. branchverb

   To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.

   Synonyms:
   twig, bough

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1. branch

   Synonyms:
   member, bifurcation, bough, limb, offspring, shoot, spray, sprig, twig, ramification, offshoot, relative, scion

   Antonyms:
   trunk, stock, stem, race, family, house

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1. branch, subdivision, armnoun

   a division of some larger or more complex organization

   "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"

   Synonyms:
   branch, weapon system, weapon, sleeve, offshoot, subsection, limb, leg, section, ramification, arm, subdivision, outgrowth, offset

2. branchnoun

   a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

   Synonyms:
   offshoot, limb, leg, ramification, arm, subdivision, outgrowth, offset

3. branch, leg, ramificationnoun

   a part of a forked or branching shape

   "he broke off one of the branches"

   Synonyms:
   branching, stage, ramification, wooden leg, pegleg, peg, arm, offshoot, subdivision, forking, complication, leg, outgrowth, fork, limb, offset, branch

4. outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offsetnoun

   a natural consequence of development

   Synonyms:
   outset, ramification, process, runner, emergence, first, stolon, setoff, growth, arm, offshoot, subdivision, commencement, start, offset printing, leg, get-go, kickoff, counterbalance, outgrowth, set-back, showtime, limb, offset, starting time, branch, appendage, beginning

5. branchnoun

   a stream or river connected to a larger one

   Synonyms:
   offshoot, limb, leg, ramification, arm, subdivision, outgrowth, offset

6. arm, branch, limbverb

   any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

   "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

   Synonyms:
   branch, offset, weapon, sleeve, tree branch, leg, weapon system, offshoot, ramification, arm, subdivision, outgrowth, limb

7. ramify, branchverb

   grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

   "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"

   Synonyms:
   ramify, fork, furcate, complexify, separate, branch

8. branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separateverb

   divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

   "The road forks"

   Synonyms:
   divide, split, pitchfork, separate, sort, come apart, assort, classify, secern, sort out, dissever, differentiate, class, part, break, disunite, severalise, break up, fall apart, severalize, secernate, complexify, split up, furcate, fork, distinguish, tell apart, carve up, tell, branch, single out, ramify, discriminate

Matched Categories

1. • Consequence
   • Division
   • Grow
   • Stem
   • Stream

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1. branchnoun

   Synonyms:
   bough, limb, shoot

2. branchnoun

   Synonyms:
   offshoot, ramification, arm, projecting part

3. branchnoun

   Synonyms:
   section, subdivision, part, portion, article, member

4. branchverb

   Synonyms:
   diverge, ramify, spread in branches, shoot off, branch off

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1. branchadjective

   Synonyms:
   tributary

2. branchnoun

   Synonyms:
   bough, limb, shoot, sprout, sprig, spray, twig, tiller, switch, sucker, stolen, offshoot, ramification, division, department, bureau, wing, tributary, affluent

3. branchverb

   Synonyms:
   ramify, divaricate, diverge, fork, bifurcate

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1. List of paraphrases for "branch":

   directorate, directorate-general, rama, branches, direction, succursale, service, subdivision, section, bureau, division, subdirectorate, sous-direction, directorategeneral, dg, hpfb, sub-directorate, subsidiary, leadership, sector, arm, department, subdirección, power, limb, station, sub-, industry

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1. Brett Kavanaugh:

   I will not criticize the political branches, after all, they speak for the people, and that commands a certain degree of humility from those of us in the judicial branch, who do not.

2. Karl Marx:

   In communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticize after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic.

3. Stephen Vladeck:

   President Bush wasn't the first to use signing statements, but President Bush used them more often than both President Bush predecessors and successors, and, as importantly, President Bush consistently used them to advance an aggressive theory of constitutional limits on Congress' power to interfere with the Executive Branch that was largely a novelty.

4. Richard Milhous Nixon:

   Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government.

5. Qatar Airways:

   There is no olive branch on this issue.