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coupling
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | component, connection |
| Synonyms: | articulation, association, attachment, bond, channel, connective, constituent, contact, copula, coupler, coupling, division, element, fastening, hitch, hookup, in, interconnection, interface, intersection, joining, joint, junction, knot, ligament, ligation, ligature, loop, member, network, nexus, part, piece, relationship, ring, seam, section, splice, tie, tie-up, vinculum, weld, yoke |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | seam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | line where two objects are connected |
| Synonyms: | bond, closure, connection, coupling, gore, gusset, hem, joint, junction, juncture, pleat, stitching, suture, tuck, union |
| Main Entry: | unification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joining together |
| Synonyms: | affinity, alliance, amalgamation, coalescence, coalition, combination, concurrence, confederation, connection, consolidation, coupling, federation, fusion, hookup, interlocking, linkage, melding, merger, merging, union, uniting |
| Antonyms: | division, segregation, separation |
| Main Entry: | union |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | merger, joining |
| Synonyms: | abutment, accord, agglutination, agreement, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, centralization, coadunation, combination, coming together, commixture, compound, concatenation, conciliation, concord, concurrence, confluence, congregation, conjunction, consolidation, correlation, coupling, fusion, harmony, hookup, incorporation, intercourse, joint, junction, juncture, meeting, melding, merging, mixture, seam, symbiosis, synthesis, tie-in, tie-up, unanimity, unification, unison, uniting, unity |
| Antonyms: | division, divorce, separation |
| Main Entry: | wedlock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | marriage |
| Synonyms: | alliance, association, conjugality, connubiality, coupling, espousal, holy matrimony, mating, matrimony, nuptials, spousal, union, wedded bliss, wedding |
| Main Entry: | yoke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bondage, bond |
| Synonyms: | burden, chain, coupling, enslavement, helotry, knot, ligament, ligature, link, nexus, oppression, peonage, serfdom, service, servility, servitude, slavery, tie |
| Notes: | a yoke is a crossbar joining animals or something figuratively holding things together; a yolk is the yellow of an egg |
| Main Entry: | copulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coitus |
| Synonyms: | carnal knowledge, coition, coupling, fooling around, fornication, intercourse, intimacy, lovemaking, mating, nooky, procreation, relations, sex, sexual intercourse, sexual relations, sexual union |
| Main Entry: | junction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connection |
| Synonyms: | alliance, annexation, articulation, assemblage, attachment, bond, coalition, coherence, collocation, combination, combine, concatenation, concourse, concursion, confluence, conjugation, consolidation, convergence, coupling, crossing, crossroads, dovetail, elbow, gathering, gore, hinge, hookup, interface, intersection, joining, joint, juncture, knee, link, linking, meeting, miter, mortise, node, pivot, plug-in, reunion, seam, splice, terminal, tie-in, tie-up, union, weld |
| Notes: | junction means the place where two or more things come together while juncture means an event that occurs at a critical time or point in time when a critical decision must be made |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | marriage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
affianced, affinal, antenuptial, apopemptoclinic, betrothed, bridal, conjugal, connubial, cornuted, desponsate, digamous, disespoused, dotal, eligible, endogamous, engaged, extramarital, hitched, horn, levirate, marital, maritorious, marriageable, married, married all over, matrimonial, morganatic, nubile, nuptial, one, one bone and one flesh, pentapopemptic, polyandrous, preternuptual, spousal, unmarried, uxorial, wedded
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