CONNECTS Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

connects

verb

present tense third-person singular of connect

as in integrates

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 combines

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 associates

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

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Recent Examples of connects That network connects large telescope dishes in California, Australia and Spain that cooperate to keep in touch with spacecraft beyond Earth’s orbit. —

Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2026 Flooding has also shut the Salang Pass, a high mountain pass in the Hindu Kush mountain range that connects Kabul to the country’s north, including the major cities of Kunduz and Mazar-e-Sharif. —

Abdul Qahar Afghan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026 Inside the lines, however, each hole connects to a very sophisticated emitter that releases water one drop at a time. —

Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026 One of the gates of these islands connects to the superconducting cavity built using Josephson junctions that allow quantum currents to flow and complete a microwave circuit. —

Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026 In the weeks since, fears of a long-term occupation of southern Lebanon have grown, with Israel moving to establish a buffer zone in the area, leveling homes and destroying bridges over the Litani River, which connects the south to the rest of Lebanon, while taking control of what crossings remain. —

Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026 The rail corridor through Orange County connects to lines that feed Fort Irwin, Fort Riley and two bases in Yuma, Ariz. —

Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026 Iranian attacks on about two dozen commercial ships, and the threat of more, have halted nearly all traffic in the waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to the open ocean. —

Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2026 The Northeast Passage connects Europe and Asia along the northern shores of Russia. —

Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026

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The school integrates four years of rigorous academics with four years of professional work experience through its corporate work study program.

— Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
According to technical details shared during the launch, the production line integrates 24 precision assembly stages and 77 inspection checkpoints.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026