BONDING Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈbän-diŋ

Definition of bonding

as in adhesion

a physical sticking to as if by glue this epoxy has good bonding for glass and ceramics

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bonding

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verb

present participle of bond

as in communing

to form a close personal relationship a man attempting to bond with his new and mistrustful stepson

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Noun

In California, men accounted for 51% of bonding claims filed in 2025. — Elly Yu, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026 The stadium and a new training facility in Olathe will be funded through the state’s bonding program called sales tax and revenue (STAR) bonds, which stretch across a two-county district. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026

Verb

Regardless, Lowen starts working while bonding with Verity’s grieving husband, Jeremy (Josh Hartnett), and their son, Crew. — Glamour, 2 Oct. 2026 This summer, Rodgers put together a team-bonding trip to a ranch out west for four days. — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bonding

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Noun

Entering the Parabolica, the course’s final curve, his rear tires overheated and lost adhesion, and the car spun off the track at some hundred and fifty miles an hour.

— Sam Knight, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
The choice of materials, their adhesion and the design of the part all matter.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of adhesion

Verb

But that’s preferable to the movie’s swerve into saccharine grief therapy, as Jay starts communing with Mitt once the dead dad and the whale become a single soul.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
For well-heeled, globe-trotting diners, Noma offered an escape from modernity and the sensation of communing with something more elemental and earthbound.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of communing

Noun

Deep in the humid greenery of a Sumatran rainforest, serenaded by birdsong and the jungle’s endless thrum, a baby orangutan clings to its mother.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Still, Crow—the ever-optimist, as her body of work proves—clings on to the glimmers of hope from leaders of the world who do show us the best parts of humanity.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of cling

Verb

Conflict with Indigenous peoples on the Maine frontier had sent traumatized refugees into the region, relating horror stories of attacks on their homes.

— Jennifer Byrne, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026
Vollmann was also pessimistic, relating that feeling comes from more than America’s current political issues, but also from the world’s environmental problems.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026

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