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Antonyms for branch
bræntʃ, brɑntʃbranch

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  1. branchverb

    To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.

    Synonyms:
    twig, bough

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. branch

    Antonyms:
    trunk, stock, stem, race, family, house

    Synonyms:
    member, bifurcation, bough, limb, offspring, shoot, spray, sprig, twig, ramification, offshoot, relative, scion

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  1. branch, subdivision, armnoun

    a division of some larger or more complex organization

    "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"

    Synonyms:
    weapon system, weapon, sleeve, offshoot, subsection, limb, leg, section, ramification, arm, subdivision, outgrowth, offset

  2. branchnoun

    a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

    Synonyms:
    offshoot, limb, leg, ramification, arm, subdivision, outgrowth, offset

  3. branch, leg, ramificationnoun

    a part of a forked or branching shape

    "he broke off one of the branches"

    Synonyms:
    branching, stage, ramification, wooden leg, pegleg, peg, arm, offshoot, subdivision, forking, complication, leg, outgrowth, fork, limb, offset

  4. outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offsetnoun

    a natural consequence of development

    Synonyms:
    outset, ramification, process, runner, emergence, first, stolon, setoff, growth, arm, offshoot, subdivision, commencement, start, offset printing, leg, get-go, kickoff, counterbalance, outgrowth, set-back, showtime, limb, offset, starting time, appendage, beginning

  5. branchnoun

    a stream or river connected to a larger one

    Synonyms:
    offshoot, limb, leg, ramification, arm, subdivision, outgrowth, offset

  6. arm, branch, limbverb

    any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

    "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

    Synonyms:
    offset, weapon, sleeve, tree branch, leg, weapon system, offshoot, ramification, arm, subdivision, outgrowth, limb

  7. ramify, branchverb

    grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

    "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"

    Synonyms:
    ramify, fork, furcate, complexify, separate

  8. branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separateverb

    divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

    "The road forks"

    Synonyms:
    divide, split, pitchfork, separate, sort, come apart, assort, classify, secern, sort out, dissever, differentiate, class, part, break, disunite, severalise, break up, fall apart, severalize, secernate, complexify, split up, furcate, fork, distinguish, tell apart, carve up, tell, single out, ramify, discriminate

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  1. branchadjective

    Synonyms:
    tributary

  2. branchnoun

    Synonyms:
    bough, limb, shoot, sprout, sprig, spray, twig, tiller, switch, sucker, stolen, offshoot, ramification, division, department, bureau, wing, tributary, affluent

  3. branchverb

    Synonyms:
    ramify, divaricate, diverge, fork, bifurcate

How to use branch in a sentence?

  1. Paul Ryan:

    House Republicans was a part of the mess that we uncovered over at DOJ, house Republicans has an obligation to come and testify. If House Republicans wants to come plead the Fifth that's House Republicans choice, but a subpoena to testify before Congress is not optional, it's mandatory. We will do what we need to do to protect this branch of government.

  2. Seth Moulton:

    As members of Congress, we have a duty to provide oversight on the executive branch.

  3. Qatar Airways:

    There is no olive branch on this issue.

  4. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto:

    Evidently, there's a whole process we have to go through that involves the judicial branch of our country, but the directive that the Attorney General's Office has been given is to work and speed up this work to make this extradition of this highly dangerous criminal happen as soon as possible.

  5. Nancy Pelosi:

    The legislative branch has a responsibility of oversight of our democracy and we will exercise that.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#262family
#297house
#434stock
#1581race
#2200branch
#5725trunk
#5836stem

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