junctions

NOUN

link, connection

Synonyms

WEAK

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 knee linking meeting miter mortise node pivot plug-in reunion seam splice terminal tie-in tie-up union weld

NOUN

connection

Synonyms

STRONGEST

confluence crossing intersection juncture terminal

STRONG

alliance annexation articulation assemblage attachment bond coalition coherence collocation combination combine concatenation concourse conjugation consolidation convergence coupling crossroads dovetail elbow gathering gore hinge hookup interface joining joint knee link meeting miter mortise node pivot plug-in reunion seam splice tie-in tie-up union weld

WEAK

concursion linking

Antonyms

STRONG

detachment disunion division divorce estrangement parting separation severance

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junctions

Chemical synapses use neurotransmitters to pass messages between cells, while electrical synapses, also called gap junctions, transmit signals through direct electrical currents.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

Typical rush hour congestion already creates borderline unsafe conditions for boarding and exiting popular junctions like Penn Station and Secaucus, partially because these rail lines already run over capacity.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026

Prosecutors at Reading Crown Court said any competent driver should still have avoided the Micra as it stood stranded on the M4 westbound between junctions 11 and 12.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

Multani also found a particular connection in Raf Sappera, a U.K.-based Punjabi rapper of Pakistani origin who straddles the same cultural junctions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

You could stretch the tube map into all sorts of hoops and loops and it would be the same map, as long as the junctions were the same.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd