join

a place where two or more things are united a small crack in the chalice at the join of the stem and the bowl Synonyms connection, coupling, joint, joining, jointure, junction, junctureRelated Words link, nexus, tie; interconnection, intersection; abutment, articulation, attachment; seam, suture; concourse, confluence, meeting; unionNear Antonyms cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, gap, rift, separation

1 to be adjacent to the condo complex joins the golf course Synonyms abut, border (on), butt (on or against), flank, fringe, adjoin, 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), enter, sign on (for), sign up (for)Related Words reenlist, reenroll, reenter, rejoin, re-up; get inNear Antonyms drop out, quit, withdrawAntonyms 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, unite, link (up), marry, unifyRelated Words mate, yoke; ally, confederate, league; chain, compound, hitch, hook, splice; assemble, cluster, congregate, constellate, convene, gather, meet; recombine, reconnect, rejoin, reunify, reuniteNear Antonyms detach, disaffiliate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, fractionate, isolate, resolve, uncouple, unyoke; disband, disperse, scatterAntonyms 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, cooperate, league, team (up), uniteRelated 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, connect, link, yokeRelated Words articulate, dovetail, integrate, interlock, intermesh; cord, string, wire; cement, coalesce, combine, fuse, unite, weldNear Antonyms detach, disengage, divide, part, split; cleave, rupture, sever, sunderAntonyms disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, disunite, separate, unchain, uncouple, unhitch, unlink, unyoke