| Main Entry: | tie-up |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stoppage |
Synonyms: |
abeyance, arrest, blockage, check, close, closure, cutoff, deduction, discontinuance, down, downtime, gridlock, hindrance, immobilization, interruption, jam*, layoff, lockout, obstruction, occlusion, shutdown, sit-down, standstill, stopping, walkout |
| 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, combo, company, confederacy, confederation, congress, cooperative, corporation, crew, crowd, family, federation, fellowship, fraternity, gang, guild, hookup, league, mob, order, organization, outfit, partnership, pool, rat pack, ring, society, sodality, sorority, syndicate, tie-in, tie-up, tribe, troops, troupe, union, zoo |
| Main Entry: | combination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alliance, association |
Synonyms: |
affiliation, bloc, cabal, cahoots, camarilla, cartel, circle, clique, club, coadunation, coalition, combine, compound, confederacy, confederation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, consortium, conspiracy, coterie, faction, federation, gang, guild, hookup, mafia, melding, mergence, merger, merging, partnership, party, pool, ring, set, syndicate, tie-up, trust, unification, union |
Antonyms: |
dissolution, disunion, separation, severance |
| Main Entry: | conjunction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combination |
Synonyms: |
affiliation, agreement, alliance, association, cahoots, coincidence, concomitance, concurrence, congruency, conjointment, hookup, juxtaposition, parallelism, partnership, tie-up, union |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | connection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that connects, links |
Synonyms: |
affiliation, alliance, association, attachment, bond, combination, conjointment, conjunction, coupling, fastening, hookup, joining, joint, junction, juncture, link, linkage, network, partnerhip, seam, tie, tie-in, tie-up, union |
Antonyms: |
disconnection |
| Main Entry: | delay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deferment, interruption |
Synonyms: |
adjournment, bind, check, cooling-off period, cunctation, dawdling, demurral, detention, discontinuation, downtime, filibuster, hangup, hindrance, hold-up, holding, holding pattern, impediment, interval, jam, lag, lingering, logjam, loitering, moratorium, obstruction, postponement, problem, procrastination, prorogation, putting off, remission, reprieve, retardation, retardment, setback, showstopper, stall, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, suspension, tarrying, tie-up, wait |
Antonyms: |
advance, dispatch, expedition, furtherance, hastening, hurry, rush, speed |
| Main Entry: | entanglement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complication, predicament |
Synonyms: |
affair, association, cobweb, complexity, confusion, difficulty, embarrassment, embroilment, enmeshment, ensnarement, entrapment, imbroglio, intricacy, intrigue, involvement, jumble, knot, liaison, mesh, mess, mix-up, muddle, snare, tangle, tie-up, toil, trap, web |
Antonyms: |
disentanglement, simplicity |
| Main Entry: | junction/juncture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | link, connection |
Synonyms: |
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 |
| Main Entry: | link |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | component, connection |
Synonyms: |
articulation, association, attachment, bond, channel, connective, constituent, contact, copula, coupler, coupling, division, element, fastening, hitch, hookup, in, interconnection, interface, intersection, joining, joint, junction, knot, ligament, ligation, ligature, loop, member, network, nexus, part, piece, relationship, ring, seam, section, splice, tie, tie-up, vinculum, weld, yoke |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | merger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consolidation |
Synonyms: |
alliance, amalgamation, cahoots, coadunation, coalition, combination, fusion, hookup, incorporation, lineup, melding, mergence, merging, organization, pool, takeover, tie-in, tie-up, unification, union |
Antonyms: |
division, parting, separation |