Synonyms for connection
kəˈnɛk ʃəncon·nec·tion

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1. connection

   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, conjunction, 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. connection

   Synonyms:
   junction, conjunction, union, association, concatenation, relation, affinity, relevance, intercourse, communication, unarm an, relationship, kindred

   Antonyms:
   disconnection, disjunction, dissociation, independence, irrelevance, disunion

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1. connection, connexion, connectednessnoun

   a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)

   "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"

   Synonyms:
   link, connector, connexion, connecter, association, connective, connectedness, joining

2. connection, link, connectednessnoun

   the state of being connected

   "the connection between church and state is inescapable"

   Synonyms:
   connective, linkup, connexion, tie, tie-in, inter-group communication, liaison, data link, joining, radio link, link, connectedness, association, nexus, connector, connecter, contact

3. connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connectivenoun

   an instrumentality that connects

   "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"

   Synonyms:
   link, continuative, connector, connexion, connecter, association, conjunctive, conjunction, connective, connectedness, joining

4. connectionnoun

   (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)

   "he has powerful connections"

   Synonyms:
   link, connector, connexion, connecter, association, connective, connectedness, joining

5. association, connection, connexionnoun

   the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

   "conditioning is a form of learning by association"

   Synonyms:
   tie-up, link, tie, connexion, connecter, affiliation, connector, connective, connectedness, joining, association

6. connection, connexion, linknoun

   a connecting shape

   Synonyms:
   connective, linkup, connexion, tie, tie-in, inter-group communication, liaison, data link, joining, radio link, link, connectedness, association, nexus, connector, connecter, contact

7. connectionnoun

   a supplier (especially of narcotics)

   Synonyms:
   link, connector, connexion, connecter, association, connective, connectedness, joining

8. connection, connexionnoun

   shifting from one form of transportation to another

   "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"

   Synonyms:
   link, connector, connexion, connecter, association, connective, connectedness, joining

9. joining, connection, connexionnoun

   the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)

   "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"

   Synonyms:
   link, connector, connexion, connecter, association, connective, connectedness, joining

Matched Categories

1. • Acquaintance
   • Change Of Integrity
   • Memory
   • Narcotic
   • Relation
   • Shape
   • Supplier
   • Transportation
   • Union

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1. context clues

   Submitted by anonymous on December 7, 2020  

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1. connectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   union, alliance, junction, association, dependence

2. connectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   intercourse, communication, commerce

3. connectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   affinity, relationship

4. connectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   kinsman, relative, relation, kindred

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1. connectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   union, alliance, relationship, junction, conjunction, affiliation, association, filiation, implication, relative, relation, kinsman, bond, tie, link, coupling vinculum

   Antonyms:
   disconnection, detachment, isolation, incoherence

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1. List of paraphrases for "connection":

   regard, connecting, relationship, link, context, respect, connect, connections, login, relation, sign-on, sense, linkage, signon, connexion, connectivity, conjunction, links, framework, subject, attaching, liaison, attach, opportunity, correlation, connected, junction, report, matter, occasion, vein, topic, ratio, area

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1. J. Gresham Machen:

   The Christian cannot be satisfied so long as any human activity is either opposed to Christianity or out of connection with Christianity. Christianity must pervade not merely all nations but also all of human thought.

2. Renae A. Sauter:

   Your connection to yourself is also your connection to the divine. The more you are connected to yourself, the more you are connected to the divine. They are one and the same.”

3. Nellie Biles:

   It’s really hard to explain because you do not one day wake up and decide ‘oh good, I’m going to be her mother and I’m going to love being her mother’, it wasn't an easy transition because they didn't have any connection to me and I didn't have any connection to them. It was a very trying time for me because they were not my children, they were related to Ron.

4. Kevin Roach:

   Sunnyside mine workings have no physical connection to the Gold King and such a connection never existed, sunnyside is not the cause of the water buildup at Gold King.

5. Jack Kornfield:

   When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world we lose connection with one another- and ourselves.