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coupling

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of coupling

1 a place where two or more things are united

the coupling between two train cars

Synonyms of coupling

connection, join, joining, joint, jointure, junction, juncture

Words Related to coupling

link, nexus, tie

interconnection, intersection

abutment, articulation, attachment

seam, suture

concourse, confluence, meeting

union

Near Antonyms of coupling

cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, gap, rift, separation

2 the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one

credited with the coupling of several existing ideas into a single thesis

Synonyms of coupling

combination, combining, connecting, connection, consolidation, junction, linking, merger, merging, unification, union

Words Related to coupling

agglomeration, amalgamation, blend, coalescence, commingling, compounding, fusion, intermingling, intermixture, mingling, mix, mixture, synthesis

reunification, reunion

Near Antonyms of coupling

detachment, divorcement, separation, severance

Antonyms of coupling

breakup, disconnection, dissolution, disunion, division, parting, partition, schism, scission, split

3 sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis

the zoo announced that the giant pandas' most recent coupling was successful and that a cub was expected in March

Synonyms of coupling

coition, coitus, commerce, congress, copulating, copulation, intercourse, lovemaking, mating, relations, sex, sex act, sexual intercourse, sexual relations

Words Related to coupling

fornication

safe sex

carnality, sexuality

breeding, insemination

dalliance, hanky-panky, whoopee

Phrases Synonymous with coupling

getting it on, making love

coupling

verb , present participle of couple

Synonyms and Antonyms of coupling

1 to come together to form a single unit

at Pittsburgh, the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers couple to form the Ohio

Synonyms of coupling

associating, coalescing, combining, conjoining, conjugating, connecting, fusing, interfusing, joining, linking (up), marrying, unifying, uniting

Words Related to coupling

mating, yoking

allying, confederating, leaguing

chaining, compounding, hitching, hooking, splicing

assembling, clustering, congregating, constellating, convening, gathering, meeting

recombining, reconnecting, rejoining, reunifying, reuniting

Near Antonyms of coupling

detaching, disaffiliating, disconnecting, disjoining, disjointing, dissociating, disuniting, dividing, divorcing, fractionating, isolating, resolving, uncoupling, unyoking

disbanding, dispersing, scattering

Antonyms of coupling

breaking up, dissevering, parting, sectioning, separating, severing, splitting, sundering, unlinking

2 to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole

if you couple the two extension cords, the connection should be long enough to reach the next room

Synonyms of coupling

catenating, chaining, compounding, concatenating, conjugating, connecting, hitching, hooking, interconnecting, interlinking, joining, linking, yoking

Words Related to coupling

articulating, dovetailing, integrating, interlocking, intermeshing

cording, stringing, wiring

cementing, coalescing, combining, fusing, uniting, welding

Near Antonyms of coupling

detaching, disengaging, dividing, parting, splitting

cleaving, rupturing, severing, sundering

Antonyms of coupling

disconnecting, disjoining, disjointing, dissevering, disuniting, separating, unchaining, uncoupling, unhitching, unlinking, unyoking

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