Antonyms for conjunction
kənˈdʒʌŋk ʃəncon·junc·tion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. conjunction

   We speak of an alliance of nations, a club of pleasure-seekers, a community of Shakers, a company of soldiers or of friends, a confederacy, confederation, federation, or union of separate states under one general government, a partnership or company of business men, a conjunction of planets. The whole body of Freemasons constitute a fraternity; one of their local organizations is called a lodge. A corporation or company is formed for purposes of business; an association or society (tho also incorporated) is for learning, literature, benevolence, religion, etc. Compare ASSOCIATE; ACQUAINTANCE; FRIENDSHIP.

   Antonyms:
   disintegration, independence, isolation, separation, solitude

   Synonyms:
   alliance, association, club, community, companionship, company, confederacy, confederation, connection, corporation, familiarity, federation, fellowship, fraternity, friendship, lodge, participation, partnership, society, union

   Preposition:
   An association of scholars for the advancement of knowledge; association with the good is ennobling.

Matched Categories

1. • Astronomy
   • Connection
   • Function Word
   • Grammatical Relation
   • Meeting
   • Simultaneity
   • Union

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrencenoun

   the temporal property of two things happening at the same time

   "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"

   Synonyms:
   conjugation, colligation, connective, attendant, accompaniment, concurrence, co-occurrence, meeting of minds, junction, continuative, concurrency, happenstance, concomitant, alignment, coincidence, conjunctive

2. junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligationnoun

   the state of being joined together

   Synonyms:
   conjugation, colligation, adjunction, join, connective, uniting, pairing, coupling, concurrence, joint, co-occurrence, union, articulation, junction, continuative, sexual union, juncture, unification, mating, jointure, alignment, coincidence, conjunctive

3. conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuativenoun

   an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences

   Synonyms:
   concurrence, connector, co-occurrence, junction, connective, continuative, alignment, conjugation, connecter, conjunctive, coincidence, connection, colligation, connexion

4. conjunctionnoun

   the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction

   Synonyms:
   concurrence, co-occurrence, junction, connective, continuative, alignment, conjugation, conjunctive, coincidence, colligation

5. conjunction, alignmentnoun

   (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac

   Synonyms:
   concurrence, co-occurrence, junction, connective, continuative, alliance, alignment, conjugation, coalition, conjunctive, coincidence, colligation, alinement

6. junction, conjunctionnoun

   something that joins or connects

   Synonyms:
   concurrence, alignment, joint, junction, connective, continuative, articulation, conjugation, juncture, conjunctive, coincidence, join, colligation, adjunction, co-occurrence

How to use conjunction in a sentence?

1. The CERC-Mori poll:

   In no moment since 1990 has there been a conjunction of such negative economic and political perceptions as there is at this time.

2. Sir Thomas Browne:

   I could be content that we might procreate, without conjunction, or that there were any way to perpetuate the world without this trivial and vulgar way of coition it is the most foolish act a wise man commits in all his life.

3. Janet Woodcock:

   Given the recognized public health benefits of sunscreen use, The FDA urges Americans to use sunscreens in conjunction with other sun protective measures( such as protective clothing).

4. Brian Erskine:

   After considerable discussion, in conjunction with significant compelling mitigation related to Ms. Fieramusca and the possible appellate issues related to the search of her residence, both parties feel that this is the appropriate resolution, i imagine many have questions that will never be adequately answered, nevertheless, I hope that this plea brings some closure to this family’s great loss.

5. Mark Lamb:

   We're doing the best we can, we work with Border Patrol, we use our aviation in conjunction with Border Patrol, we have an anti-smuggling unit that's actively out looking in the desert, we have drug units that go out and go out to the drug dealers and the people that are pushing the fentanyl pills and the methamphetamines and the marijuana.

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