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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

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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How to use branch in a sentence?

1. White House:

   It is one thing for a president to encourage complete cooperation and transparency in a criminal investigation conducted largely within the Executive Branch. It is something else entirely to allow his advisers to appear before Congress...

2. Marty Carpenter:

   However, when a jury makes the decision and a judge signs a death warrant, enforcing that lawful decision is the obligation of the executive branch.

3. Mick Mulvaney:

   This agency will stay open. Rumors that I'm going to set the place on fire, or blow it up or lock the doors are completely false, i am a member of the executive branch of government. We intend to execute the laws of the United States.

4. Joel Kurtzberg:

   I worry about future administrations, now there's bad precedent, and not every executive branch in the future will exercise their discretion the way this one did. It didn't have to go this way.

5. David Makovsky:

   I think that he extended an olive branch to President Obama and, for the first time, I heard him talk about both sides of the aisle, i think it was a way of Netanyahu pivoting to say ... 'I am not an ostrich putting my head in the sand, but we want to work with the U.S. on implementation.'.

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