Synonyms 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.

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

   Antonyms:
   disintegration, independence, isolation, separation, solitude

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

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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

Matched Categories

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

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1. conjunctionnoun

   Synonyms:
   union, association, combination, connection

2. conjunctionnoun

   Synonyms:
   (astron.) apparent meeting (of two stars or planets)

3. conjunctionnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Gram.) connective, connecting word

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1. List of paraphrases for "conjunction":

   concert, collaboration, combination, parallel, liaison, cooperation, tandem, gig, connection, link, relationship, margin, association, consultation, bond, conjugation, partnership, collaborative, co-operation, joint, concerto, affair

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1. Sir Thomas Browne:

   I could be content that we might procreate, without conjunction, or that there were any way to perpetuate the world without this trivial and vulgar way of coition it is the most foolish act a wise man commits in all his life.

2. President Biden:

   Nothing short of a fully-reimplemented and enforced MPP in conjunction with Title 42, physical barriers, and more resources for Border Patrol can fix the border crisis at this point, when Republicans take back the majority in the House next Congress, we fully intend to see these important policies reinstated.

3. Admissions Cezar Mesquita:

   We weigh the seriousness of any offenses and consider them holistically in conjunction with other application information provided.

4. Michael Millenson:

   Automating personalized messages isn't a terrible thing; we all get some of that in our everyday lives, the real question is whether this kind of automated messaging is in conjunction with a cultural change in how doctors think about their patients or not.

5. Robert Redfield:

   These updated guidelines, coordinated in conjunction with the White House Coronavirus Task Force, received appropriate attention, consultation and input from task force experts, we are placing an emphasis on testing individuals with symptomatic illness, individuals with a significant exposure, vulnerable populations including nursing homes or long term care facilities, critical infrastructure workers, healthcare workers and first responders, or those individuals who may be asymptomatic when prioritized by medical and public health officials.