Synonyms of joining

joining 1 of 3

adjective

as in adjacent

having a border in common

out of regard for your coworkers in the joining cubicles, please wear headphones when listening to electronic devices

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adjacent
• neighboring
• adjoining
• closest
• united
• bordering
• attached
• joined
• contiguous
• abutting
• touching
• flanking
• close
• juxtaposed
• connecting
• linked
• fringing
• connected
• nearest
• communicating
• flush
• conterminous
• nearby
• skirting
• surrounding
• verging
• near
• next-door
• embracing
• encircling
• fencing
• approximate
• nigh
• immediate
• enclosing
• bounding
• peripheral
• marginal
• interconnecting
• tangential
• inclosing
• ambient
• encompassing
• tangent
• rimming
• circumjacent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• apart
• separate
• unconnected
• single
• isolated
• removed
• discrete
• detached
• disconnected
• nonadjacent
• noncontiguous
• unlinked
• unattached
• isolate
• free-standing
• distant
• far
• away
• farthest
• remote
• divided
• resolved
• split
• broken up
• discontinuous
• severed
• parted
• divorced
• uncoupled
• dissociated
• noncontinuous
• far-off
• ramified
• faraway
• disunited
• disjoined
• sundered
• dissevered
• unyoked

joining

2 of 3

noun

ˈjȯi-niŋ 

as in junction

a place where two or more things are united

the joining of the original house and the later addition is barely noticeable

Synonyms & Similar Words

• junction
• join
• intersection
• joint
• coupling
• connection
• confluence
• juncture
• link
• jointure
• tie
• meeting
• interconnection
• nexus
• attachment
• articulation
• union
• suture
• seam
• abutment
• concourse

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• separation
• gap
• crack
• rift
• fissure
• cleft
• crevice

joining

3 of 3

verb

present participle of join

1

as in adjoining

to be adjacent to

the condo complex joins the golf course

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adjoining
• flanking
• touching
• surrounding
• neighboring
• abutting
• marching (with)
• meeting
• bordering (on)
• skirting
• verging (on)
• connecting (with)
• butting (on or against)
• lining
• contacting
• communicating (with)
• fringing
• attaching (to)
• linking (with)
• encircling
• enclosing
• bounding
• embracing
• inclosing
• converging
• fencing
• rimming
• margining

2

as in entering

to become a member of

we're always looking for new people to join our book club

Synonyms & Similar Words

• entering
• rejoining
• enrolling (in)
• enlisting (in)
• signing up (for)
• signing on (for)
• reentering
• reenlisting
• reenrolling
• re-enlisting
• re-enrolling
• re-upping
• getting in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• withdrawing
• quitting
• demitting
• dropping out

3

as in combining

to come together to form a single unit

one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms join to make one water molecule

Synonyms & Similar Words

• combining
• connecting
• fusing
• uniting
• coupling
• coalescing
• unifying
• linking (up)
• marrying
• associating
• conjoining
• conjugating
• interfusing
• mating
• rejoining
• yoking
• allying
• reuniting
• assembling
• splicing
• convening
• compounding
• reconnecting
• chaining
• clustering
• meeting
• hitching
• hooking
• confederating
• gathering
• congregating
• leaguing
• recombining
• reunifying
• constellating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• splitting
• separating
• parting
• severing
• dividing
• sectioning
• resolving
• breaking up
• isolating
• disconnecting
• detaching
• divorcing
• dissociating
• sundering
• unlinking
• dissevering
• fractionating
• uncoupling
• disbanding
• dispersing
• disjoining
• scattering
• unyoking
• disaffiliating
• disuniting
• disjointing

4

as in collaborating

to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end

nations joining to bring aid to the earthquake-devastated region

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collaborating
• cooperating
• uniting
• playing ball
• concerting
• making common cause
• conspiring
• conjoining
• concurring
• pulling together
• teaming (up)
• banding (together)
• combining
• leaguing
• affiliating
• allying
• interfacing
• conniving
• associating
• hanging together
• confederating

5

as in connecting

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 & Similar Words

• connecting
• integrating
• linking
• coupling
• combining
• stringing
• interconnecting
• yoking
• hooking
• chaining
• interlinking
• concatenating
• compounding
• conjugating
• catenating
• hitching
• interlocking
• welding
• dovetailing
• articulating
• fusing
• intermeshing
• cementing
• wiring
• coalescing
• cording
• uniting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• separating
• disconnecting
• splitting
• dividing
• uncoupling
• unhitching
• parting
• disjoining
• detaching
• disengaging
• unlinking
• disuniting
• dissevering
• unyoking
• disjointing
• cleaving
• severing
• unchaining
• rupturing
• sundering

Examples of joining in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Each stop of the trek will feature a local orchestra, with the Orchestra Of St. Luke’s joining for two shows at Carnegie Hall. —Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2024

Another first is the creative partnership itself—a joining of forces that Vogue fashion market and collaborations director Willow Lindley, says both teams have long dreamed of. —Talia Abbas, Vogue, 21 June 2024

The ceremonial Golden Spike was driven during a ceremony on Promontory Summit in Utah Territory to mark the joining of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways. —Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024

Only Helmut Kohl, the chancellor who oversaw the joining of East and West Germany in 1990, held office for longer. —Constanze Stelzenmüller, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021