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verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of JOIN

to be adjacent to <the condo complex joins the golf course>

Synonyms abut, border (on), butt (on or against), flank, fringe, join, march (with), neighbor, skirt, touch, verge (on)

Related Words attach (to), communicate (with), connect (with), link (with); bound, embrace, encircle, enclose (also inclose), fence, line, margin, rim, surround; contact, converge, meet

to become a member of <we're always looking for new people to join our book club>

Synonyms enlist (in), enroll (in), join, sign on (for), sign up (for)

Related Words reenlist, reenroll, reenter, rejoin, re-up; get in

Near Antonyms drop out, quit, withdraw

Antonyms demit

to come together to form a single unit <one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms join to make one water molecule>

Synonyms associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, fuse, interfuse, join, link (up), marry, unify

Near Antonyms detach, disaffiliate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, fractionate, isolate, resolve, uncouple, unyoke; disband, disperse, scatter

Antonyms break up, dissever, part, section, separate, sever, split, sunder, unlink

to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end <nations joining to bring aid to the earthquake-devastated region>

Synonyms band (together), collaborate, concert, concur, conjoin, conspire, join, league, team (up), unite

Related Words connive; affiliate, ally, associate, combine, confederate, hang together, interface

to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole <the plan is to join the various bike paths so that cyclists can travel from one end of the cape to the other>

Synonyms catenate, chain, compound, concatenate, conjugate, couple, hitch, hook, interconnect, interlink, join, link, yoke

Related Words articulate, dovetail, integrate, interlock, intermesh; cord, string, wire; cement, coalesce, combine, fuse, unite, weld

Near Antonyms detach, disengage, divide, part, split; cleave, rupture, sever, sunder

Antonyms disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, disunite, separate, unchain, uncouple, unhitch, unlink, unyoke

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