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| Main Entry: | tie-up |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stoppage |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, arrest, blockage, check, close, closure, deduction*, discontinuance, down, downtime*, gridlock, hindrance, immobilization, interruption, jam*, layoff, obstruction, occlusion, shutdown, standstill, stopping, cutoff, lockout, sit-down, walkout |
* = 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: | delay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deferment, interruption |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, bind, check, detention, downtime*, filibuster, hindrance, holding pattern, impediment, interval, jam, lag, moratorium, obstruction, postponement, problem, remission, reprieve, setback, stall, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, suspension, wait, cooling-off period, cunctation, dawdling, demurral, discontinuation, hangup, hold-up, holding, lingering, logjam, loitering, procrastination, prorogation, putting off, retardation, retardment, showstopper, tarrying, tie-up |
| Antonyms: | advance, dispatch, expedition, furtherance, hurry, rush, speed, hastening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | entanglement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complication, predicament |
| Synonyms: | affair, association, cobweb, complexity, confusion, difficulty, embarrassment, embroilment, imbroglio, intricacy, intrigue, involvement, jumble, knot, liaison, mesh, mess, mix-up, muddle, snare, tangle, toil, trap, web, enmeshment, ensnarement, entrapment, tie-up |
| Antonyms: | simplicity, disentanglement |
| 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: | 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: | job action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work stoppage |
| Synonyms: | blue flu, slowdown, strike, industrial action, sick-in, stickout, tie-up, walkout |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | combination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alliance, association |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, bloc, cabal, cahoots, cartel, circle, clique, club, coalition, combine, compound, confederacy, conjunction, connection, consolidation, conspiracy, coterie, faction, federation, gang, guild, mafia, merger, partnership, party, pool, ring, set, syndicate, trust, unification, union, camarilla, coadunation, confederation, consortium, hookup, melding, mergence, merging, tie-up* |
| Antonyms: | dissolution, separation, disunion, severance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | connection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that connects, links |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, association, attachment, bond, combination, conjunction, fastening, joint, junction, juncture, link, network, seam, tie, union, conjointment, coupling, hookup, joining, linkage, partnerhip, tie-in, tie-up |
| Antonyms: | disconnection |
| Main Entry: | society |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organization, institution |
| Synonyms: | alliance, association, circle, clan, clique, club, companionship, corporation, coterie, gang, group, guild, institute, league, network, order, outfit, ring, sodality, syndicate, union, comradeship, hookup, tie-in, tie-up* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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