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Synonyms for branch
bræntʃ, brɑntʃbranch

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. branchverb

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

    Synonyms:
    twig, bough

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. branch

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

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

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  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:
    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

  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, 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:
    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

  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, single out, ramify, discriminate

Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  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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How to use branch in a sentence?

  1. Ted Ruthizer:

    When an issue is mostly political, the judicial branch generally is not going to want to step in the middle of a dispute between the executive branch and the legislature.

  2. Anonymous:

    Old programmers never die. They just branch out to a new address.

  3. Lucius Annaeus Seneca:

    Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely for science is but one.

  4. House Speaker Paul Ryan:

    This is the legislative branch, and the power of the purse rests within the legislative branch. And we fully expect that we are going to exercise that power.

  5. 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.


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