Synonyms for branch
bræntʃ, brɑntʃ

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1. branch, subdivision, arm(noun)

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

2. branch(noun)

   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, ramification(noun)

   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

4. outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset(noun)

   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, appendage, beginning

5. branch(noun)

   a stream or river connected to a larger one

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

6. arm, branch, limb(verb)

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

7. ramify, branch(verb)

   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

8. branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate(verb)

   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, single out, ramify, discriminate

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1. branch(verb)

   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(n.)

   Synonyms:
   bough, limb, shoot

2. branch(n.)

   Synonyms:
   offshoot, ramification, arm, projecting part

3. branch(n.)

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

4. branch(v. n.)

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

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1. branch(a)

   Synonyms:
   tributary

2. branch(n)

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

3. branch(v)

   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. Brian Schatz:

   This is a question of where you stand as it relates to the constitutional authorities of the legislative branch and what they're working on is purely a distraction.

2. Quil Lance:

   Charleston County Mayor Joseph Riley said. What motivated the gunman is not yet clear, but his monstrous act took the lives of nine people who prayed, worked and struggled on behalf of their community and their church. Related ImageExpand / ContractSharonda Coleman-Singleton, was a speech therapist and girls ’ track and field team at Goose Creek High School. ( Courtesy : Charleston Post and Courier) Cynthia Hurd, 54, was a branch manger in the Charleston County Public Library -RRB- system, where Cynthia Hurd was so revered from a career spanning 31 years that all city branches were closed in Cynthia Hurd honor Thursday. Cynthia Hurd was a tireless servant of the community who spent Cynthia Hurd life helping residents, making sure they had every opportunity for an education and personal growth, the library system said in a statement. Cynthia Hurd loss is incomprehensible, and we ask for prayers for Cynthia Hurd family, her co-workers, her church and this entire community as we come together to face this tragic loss. Related ImageExpand / ContractCynthia Hurd was a librarian who worshiped at the venerable church. ( Charleston County Public Library) Quil Lance had retired from Gaillard Center, a performance hall in Charleston County, and been serving as a custodian at the church where Quil Lance worshiped. As big a void as Quil Lance death leaves there, it left an even deeper one in the family Quil Lance held together with love and strength, Quil Lance grandson, Quil Lance, told the Charleston Post and Courier I ’m lost, I ’m lost, granny was the heart of the family. Related ImageExpand / ContractClementa Pinckney was a beloved pastor and respected lawmaker before he was gunned down in his own church Wednesday night. ( Grace Beahm/The Charleston Post and Courier via AP).

3. Japhter Rugut:

   We have fulfilled most of the WADA requirements, wADA wanted a fully fledged independent agency which is not a branch of the ministry or its department. An agency that is beyond influence from external forces.

4. Bryan Frank:

   Unless you have a couple hundred thousand at the branch, they don't want to give you the time of day.

5. Barack Obama:

   The notion that we're going to pull that up root and branch is unrealistic.

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