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network - 20 thesaurus results
| 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: | network |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to socialize for professional or personal gain |
| Synonyms: | associate, circulate, hobnob, meet, mingle, make contacts, meet and greet, rub elbows, schmooze |
| Main Entry: | amalgamate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blend |
| Synonyms: | alloy, ally, coalesce, combine, compound, consolidate, fuse, incorporate, integrate, meld, merge, mingle, network, pool, tie up*, unite, admix, come together, hook up with, interface, intermix, join together, team up, tie in |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cobweb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entanglement; filament |
| Synonyms: | fiber, gossamer, labyrinth, mesh, net, network, snare, toil, web, tissue, webbing |
| Main Entry: | combine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | connect, integrate |
| Synonyms: | amalgamate, associate, band, bind, blend, bond, bracket, coalesce, commingle, compound, cooperate, couple, dub, fuse, get together, incorporate, join, league, link, marry, merge, mingle, mix, network, pool, put together, relate, synthesize, unify, unite, wed, bunch up, coadjute, conjoin, glue oneself to, hitch on, hook on, interface, plug into, slap on, stand in with, tack on, tag on, team up with, throw in together, tie up with |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, dissolve, divide, part, separate |
| Main Entry: | contact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate with |
| Synonyms: | approach, buzz*, call, connect, get, interact, network*, reach, relate, talk, telephone, touch base*, visit, be in touch with, check with, get ahold of, get in touch with, interface, phone, reach out, speak to, write to |
| Antonyms: | avoid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crossing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pathway to traverse larger path |
| Synonyms: | bridge, crossroad, exchange, grating, interchange, intersection, junction, loop, network, overpass, passage, screen, traverse, cloverleaf, crosswalk, crossway, decussation, grade crossing, gridiron, traversal, underpass |
| Main Entry: | downlink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | transmission path for data |
| Synonyms: | circuit, network, communications pathway, pathway, signal route |
| Main Entry: | exchange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trade |
| Synonyms: | alternate, bandy, bargain, barter, castle, change, change hands, commute, correspond, displace, flip-flop*, interchange, invert, market, network, rearrange, reciprocate, replace, reverse, revise, seesaw, shift, shuffle, shuttle, substitute, swap, switch, traffic, transact, transfer, transpose, truck*, buy and sell, cash in, contact with, convert into, deal in, give and take, go over to, hook up, horse trade, link up, pass to, pay back, return the compliment, swap horses, turn the tables |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | family |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kin, offspring; classification |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, birth, blood, brood, clan, class, descent, dynasty, extraction, folk, genealogy, genre, group, house, household, inheritance, issue, kind, kindred, kith and kin, line, lineage, network, pedigree, people, progeny, race, relationship, strain, subdivision, system, tribe, ancestors, children, descendants, forebears, generations, heirs and assigns, in-laws, ménage, parentage, progenitors, relations, relatives, siblings |
| Main Entry: | influence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, authority |
| Synonyms: | access, agency, ascendancy, character, clout, command, consequence, control, credit, direction, domination, dominion, drag, effect, esteem, fame, fix, force, grease*, guidance, hold, impact, importance, imprint, juice*, leadership, leverage, magnetism, mark, moment, money, monopoly, network, notoriety, predominance, prerogative, pressure, prestige, prominence, pull, repercussion, reputation, rule, significance, spell, supremacy, sway, weight*, connections, in, ropes |
| Antonyms: | impotence, incapacity, inferiority, weakness, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | information |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | facts, news |
| Synonyms: | advice, ammo, break*, chapter and verse*, clue, confidence, counsel, cue, data, dirt*, dope*, dossier, earful, enlightenment, erudition, illumination, info, inside story, instruction, intelligence, knowledge, leak, learning, lore, lowdown, material, message, network, notice, notification, orientation, propaganda, report, science, scoop, score, tidings, tip, what's what, whole story, wisdom, word* |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate |
| Synonyms: | collaborate, combine, connect, contact, cooperate, get across*, interplay, join, merge, mesh, network, relate, touch, touch base*, unite, get the message, interface, interreact, keep in touch, reach out |
| Antonyms: | not speak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interchange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | switch, exchange |
| Synonyms: | alternate, bandy, barter, commute, connect, contact, convert, interact, mesh, network, reciprocate, relate, reverse, substitute, swap, trade, transpose, interface |
| Main Entry: | intermingle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blend, mix |
| Synonyms: | amalgamate, associate, combine, commingle, fuse, interlace, interweave, join, merge, mesh, network, pool, wed, come together, commix, immingle, interblend, interfuse, intermix, throw in with, throw together |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate, unmix |
| Main Entry: | intertwine/interweave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | twist around |
| Synonyms: | associate, braid, connect, convolute, crisscross, cross, entwine, interlace, link, mesh, network, relate, tangle, weave, interknit, intertwist, intervolve, interwind, interwreathe, reticulate, tat |
| Antonyms: | untwine, untwist |
| Main Entry: | lattice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mesh, trellis |
| Synonyms: | filigree, frame, grating, grid, grill, net, network, screen, structure, web, fretwork, latticework, openwork, reticulation, tracery |
| Antonyms: | solid |
| 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: | link |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | connect |
| Synonyms: | associate, attach, bind, bracket, combine, couple, fasten, group, identify, incorporate, join, network, relate, tie, unite, yoke, conjoin, conjugate, hitch on, hook up, interface, meld with, plug into, slap on, tack on, tag along, tag on, team up with, throw in with, tie in with |
| Antonyms: | disconnect, divide, separate, unfasten, unlink |
| Main Entry: | maze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | labyrinth; confusion |
| Synonyms: | bewilderment, convolution, entanglement, hodgepodge, imbroglio, intricacy, jungle, knot, meander, meandering, mesh, miscellany, morass, muddle, network, puzzle, quandary, snarl, tangle, twist, uncertainty, web, winding, perplexity, skein, torsion |
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