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. Daniel Evans:

   NASA has brought together some of the world's leading scientists, data and artificial intelligence practitioners, aerospace safety experts, all with a specific charge, which is to tell us how to apply the full focus of science and data to UAP, the findings will be released to the public in conjunction with NASA’s principles of transparency, openness, and scientific integrity.

2. Penn State spokeswoman Lisa Powers:

   This law, when passed, in conjunction with the aggressive safety and related measures the University has implemented, is another step toward our mutual goal to increase student safety on campuses. Penn State has been, and continues to be, committed to addressing this serious national issue.

3. Rice Hartigan:

   Alignments between these two planets are rather rare, occurring once every 20 years or so, but this conjunction is exceptionally rare because of how close the planets will appear to one another, youd have to go all the way back to just before dawn on March 4, 1226, to see a closer alignment between these objects visible in the night sky.

4. Mitch McConnell:

   I appreciate the Attorney General's commitment to continue to review the record in this matter over the coming days, in conjunction with Special Counsel (Robert) Mueller, with the goal of producing as much information as possible, consistent with the law. I look forward to reviewing that information.

5. 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.