bonding

[bon-ding] / ˈbɒn dɪŋ /

VERB

fasten; stick

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bind connect fix glue

STRONG

fuse gum paste

WEAK

stickum

Antonyms

WEAK

let go loosen open unfasten unstick

Example Sentences

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But we secretly dream about bonding while walking the fairways.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

When Plex took its 120 workers to Honduras for a weeklong bonding experience in 2017, the disaster began the moment they arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

She said one mother and daughter told her that since attending the workshop they now saw hair care as "a real bonding experience" for them.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

It’s a hilarious take on bonding with ancestors, in this case in an intergalactic bathhouse where Zaalan’s Syrian ancestors must field obnoxious first world questions from millennial descendants.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

ALBUS: I know, I think it’s a bonding thing or something similarly vomit- inducing.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling

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