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| Main Entry: | hookup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relation |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, affinity, alliance, association, connection, consanguinity, correlation, interconnection, interdependence, interrelationship, kin, kindred, kinship, liaison, link, linkage, propinquity, relationship, relative, sibling, similarity, kinsperson |
| Main Entry: | affiliation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | association with an organization |
| Synonyms: | alliance, bunch, cahoots*, clan, coalition, combination, conjunction, connection, crew, crowd, gang, incorporation, league, mob, outfit, partnership, relationship, ring, syndicate, union, amalgamation, banding together, confederation, hookup, joining, merging, tie-in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conjunction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combination |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, agreement, alliance, association, cahoots, coincidence, concurrence, juxtaposition, partnership, union, concomitance, congruency, conjointment, hookup, parallelism, tie-up* |
| Notes: | a conjunction is a word that connects: a coordinating conjunction connects similar elements (you and I), while a correlative conjunction has related parts (either/or) |
| Antonyms: | detachment, disconnection, division, separation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conspiracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collusion in plan |
| Synonyms: | cabal, confederacy, disloyalty, fix, frame*, game, intrigue, league, machination, plot, practice, scheme, sedition, treachery, treason, trick, trickery, complot, connivance, countermine, counterplot, covin, hookup, little game, perfidy, put-up job, treacherousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | corporation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business organization, usually large |
| Synonyms: | association, bunch, business, clan, company, crew, crowd, enterprise, gang, jungle*, mob, multinational, outfit, partnership, ring, shell, society, syndicate, zoo, corporate body, hookup, legal entity, megacorp, octopus* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | link |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | component, connection |
| Synonyms: | articulation, association, attachment, bond, channel, constituent, contact, division, element, fastening, hitch, intersection, joint, junction, knot, ligature, loop, member, network, nexus, part, piece, relationship, ring, seam, section, splice, tie, weld, yoke, connective, copula, coupler, coupling, hookup, in, interconnection, interface, joining, ligament, ligation, tie-up, vinculum |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | merger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consolidation |
| Synonyms: | alliance, cahoots*, coalition, combination, fusion, incorporation, organization, pool, unification, union, amalgamation, coadunation, hookup, lineup, melding, mergence, merging, takeover, tie-in, tie-up |
| Antonyms: | division, parting, separation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | network |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | system of connections |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, artery, chain, circuitry, complex, convolution, crisscross*, fabric, fiber, grid, grill*, jungle, labyrinth, maze, mesh, net, netting, nexus, organization, patchwork*, plexus, structure, system, wattle, weave, web, wiring, checkerboard, grillwork, hookup, interconnections, reticulation, reticule, screening, tessellation, tracks |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | partnership |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alliance; participation |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, assistance, association, band, body, brotherhood, business, cahoots*, cartel, clique, club, combination, combine, community, companionship, company, conglomerate, conjunction, connection, cooperation, cooperative, corporation, coterie, crew, faction, firm, fraternity, friendship, gang, help, house, interest, lodge, mob, organization, ownership, party, ring, sharing, sisterhood, society, sorority, togetherness, union, chumminess, consociation, hookup, joining, tie-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relationship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connection; friendship |
| Synonyms: | accord, affair, affiliation, affinity, alliance, analogy, association, bond, communication, conjunction, consanguinity, contact, contingency, correlation, dependency, exchange, homogeneity, kinship, liaison, likeness, link, marriage, nearness, network, parallel, pertinence, proportion, rapport, ratio, relation, similarity, tie, appositeness, consociation, dependence, hookup, interconnection, interrelation, interrelationship, pertinency, relativity, relevance, tie-in, tie-up |
| Main Entry: | unification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joining together |
| Synonyms: | affinity, alliance, coalition, combination, concurrence, connection, consolidation, federation, fusion, merger, union, amalgamation, coalescence, confederation, coupling, hookup, interlocking, linkage, melding, merging, uniting |
| Antonyms: | division, segregation, separation |
| Main Entry: | junction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connection |
| Synonyms: | alliance, annexation, articulation, assemblage, attachment, bond, coalition, coherence, combination, combine, concatenation, concourse, confluence, consolidation, convergence, crossing, crossroads, dovetail, elbow, gathering, gore, hinge, intersection, joint, juncture, knee, link, linking, meeting, node, pivot, reunion, seam, splice, terminal, union, weld, collocation, concursion, conjugation, coupling, hookup, interface, joining, miter, mortise, plug-in, tie-in, tie-up |
| Main Entry: | association |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group with common interest or pursuit |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, band, bunch, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, company, confederacy, congress, cooperative, corporation, crew, crowd, family, federation, fellowship, fraternity, gang, guild, league, mob, order, organization, outfit, partnership, pool, ring, society, sodality, sorority, syndicate, tribe, troupe, union, zoo, combo, confederation, hookup, rat pack, tie-in, tie-up, troops |
| Main Entry: | bond |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | binder or fastener |
| Synonyms: | band, binding, chain, connection, cord, fastening, fetter, ligature, link, manacle, network, nexus, rope, shackle, tie, wire, gunk, handcuff, hookup, irons, linkage, stickum, tie-in |
| Main Entry: | intrigue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scheme |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cabal, chicanery, collusion, complication, conspiracy, contrivance, deal, design, dodge, double-dealing*, fix, fraud, game, graft, machination, maneuver, manipulation, plan, plot, ruse, stratagem, trickery, wile, frame-up, hookup, little game |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | junction/juncture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | link, connection |
| Synonyms: | alliance, annexation, articulation, assemblage, attachment, bond, coalition, coherence, combination, combine, concatenation, concourse, confluence, consolidation, convergence, crossing, crossroads, dovetail, elbow, gathering, gore, hinge, intersection, joint, knee, linking, meeting, node, pivot, reunion, seam, splice, terminal, union, weld, collocation, concursion, conjugation, coupling, hookup, interface, joining, miter, mortise, plug-in, tie-in, tie-up |
| Main Entry: | liaison |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who acts as go-between |
| Synonyms: | communication, connection, contact, interchange, intermediary, link, fixer, hookup, in, interface |
| Main Entry: | tie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fastening |
| Synonyms: | attachment, band, bandage, bond, brace, connection, cord, fastener, fetter, gag, joint, knot, ligature, link, network, nexus, outfit, rope, strap, string, tackle, yoke, hookup, ligament, tie-in, tie-up, zipper |
| Main Entry: | union |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | merger, joining |
| Synonyms: | abutment, accord, agreement, amalgam, blend, centralization, combination, compound, concatenation, concord, concurrence, confluence, congregation, conjunction, consolidation, correlation, fusion, harmony, incorporation, intercourse, joint, junction, juncture, meeting, mixture, seam, synthesis, unification, unison, unity, agglutination, amalgamation, coadunation, coming together, commixture, conciliation, coupling, hookup, melding, merging, symbiosis, tie-in, tie-up, unanimity, uniting |
| Antonyms: | division, divorce, separation |
| Main Entry: | association |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | friendship |
| Synonyms: | acquaintance, affiliation, agreement, assistance, camaraderie, companionship, conjunction, cooperation, familiarity, fellowship, friendliness, intimacy, membership, participation, partnership, relation, relationship, acquaintanceship, comradeship, fraternization, frequenting, hookup |
| Antonyms: | antagonism, isolation, opposition, rivalry, seclusion, separation, solitude, aloneness, disunion |
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