join

join

verb

Definition of JOIN

1

to be adjacent to <the condo complex joins the golf course>

Synonyms abut, border (on), butt (on or against), flank, fringe, join, march (with), neighbor, skirt, touch, verge (on)

Related Words attach (to), communicate (with), connect (with), link (with); bound, embrace, encircle, enclose (also inclose), fence, line, margin, rim, surround; contact, converge, meet

2

to become a member of <we're always looking for new people to join our book club>

Synonyms enlist (in), enroll (in), join, sign on (for), sign up (for)

Related Words reenlist, reenroll, reenter, rejoin, re-up; get in

Near Antonyms drop out, quit, withdraw

Antonyms demit

3

to come together to form a single unit <one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms join to make one water molecule>

Synonyms associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, fuse, interfuse, join, link (up), marry, unify

Related Words mate, yoke; ally, confederate, league; chain, compound, hitch, hook, splice; assemble, cluster, congregate, constellate, convene, gather, meet; recombine, reconnect, rejoin, reunify, reunite

Near Antonyms detach, disaffiliate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, fractionate, isolate, resolve, uncouple, unyoke; disband, disperse, scatter

Antonyms break up, dissever, part, section, separate, sever, split, sunder, unlink

4

to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end <nations joining to bring aid to the earthquake-devastated region>

Synonyms band (together), collaborate, concert, concur, conjoin, conspire, join, league, team (up), unite

Related Words connive; affiliate, ally, associate, combine, confederate, hang together, interface

5

to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole <the plan is to join the various bike paths so that cyclists can travel from one end of the cape to the other>

Synonyms catenate, chain, compound, concatenate, conjugate, couple, hitch, hook, interconnect, interlink, join, link, yoke

Related Words articulate, dovetail, integrate, interlock, intermesh; cord, string, wire; cement, coalesce, combine, fuse, unite, weld

Near Antonyms detach, disengage, divide, part, split; cleave, rupture, sever, sunder

Antonyms disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, disunite, separate, unchain, uncouple, unhitch, unlink, unyoke