CONNECTED Synonyms: 141 Similar and Opposite Words

connected 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of connected

as in associated

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verb

past tense of connect

as in coupled

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

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as in combined

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

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as in linked

to think of (something) in combination opera is popularly connected with high society

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Recent Examples of connected

Adjective

The New Museum has never felt more connected to the larger cross-Atlantic web of institutions. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026 London Heathrow has officially been overtaken by Istanbul, which was ranked as the most connected airport in the world for the first time. — Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026

Verb

Tap any node to see which clients are connected to that node. — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026 Losing him meant losing the person she’d been connected to for essentially all of her adult life. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for connected

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Adjective

As of late August, his family and associated entities collectively held over 68% of total H and M shares.

— , CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Critics have also focused on the role of international institutions like the World Bank, which has long supported some of these hydropower projects and their associated dams.

— Mamita Bhandari, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026

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The uptick in ridership was kneecapped by the company’s tension between the need to raise fares and its need to bring in more passengers, wrote Fitch Ratings in its analysis that coupled a credit downgrading earlier this year.

— Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
The chips are coupled via a small piezoelectric disc that flexes when the qubit's electric field changes.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of coupled

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Streets in New Jersey and New York, which were under a state of emergency, were already flooded as the storm and high tide combined for dangerous conditions.

— Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
But uncertainty about what to study, combined with the potential cost, turned him away from that traditional path.

— Alice Barlow, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of combined

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In one case, agents that researchers said may be linked to OpenAI unsuccessfully tried to access a photograph from a digital library at the University of New Mexico in May.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
In April 1996, Ted was arrested at his Montana cabin where authorities found substantial evidence that linked him to the bombings.

— Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of linked

Adjective

Jones, the former Apple exec who recently re-joined Amazon, padded out the programming wish list.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
Kar, the company’s CEO, was a founding team member at Palo Alto Networks and oversaw Juniper Networks’ entire Ethernet portfolio before the two joined forces at Auradine, a blockchain and AI chip startup where Upscale was incubated.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 22 June 2026

Definition of joined

Verb

Systems that previously could not communicate—such as those demonstrated in Grafenwoehr—were integrated into a common operating picture in a matter of days.

— Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
Burners and combustion chambers are already commonly manufactured with the technology, meaning the injection system could potentially be integrated directly into those components.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of integrated

Verb

The result is seamless data transfer fused onto a single user interface.

— Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
Einstein’s theory fused space with time, and so if the three dimensions of space emerge from a spaceless point, then time should emerge from something timeless.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026

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