Entry Word: connect

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole <connect all the sets of lights and attach them to the branches of the Christmas tree>

Synonyms chain, compound, conjugate, couple, hitch, hook, join, link, yoke

Related Words dovetail; concatenate, string; cement, coalesce, combine, fuse, unite

Near Antonyms divide, part, split

Antonyms disconnect, disjoin, separate, unchain, uncouple, unhitch, unlink, unyoke

2 to come together to form a single unit <the two interstate highways connect, so a driver can go from one corner of the state to the other without much trouble> — see unite 1
3 to think of (something) in combination <opera is popularly connected with high society> — see associate 2