Synonyms of joints

joints

noun

plural of joint

1

as in junctions

a place where two or more things are united

the leak was found at a joint in the pipe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• junctions
• intersections
• couplings
• connections
• joins
• junctures
• joinings
• jointures
• ties
• links
• confluences
• interconnections
• articulations
• seams
• sutures
• abutments
• attachments
• nexuses
• meetings
• unions
• concourses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cracks
• gaps
• fissures
• crevices
• separations
• clefts
• rifts

2

as in places

a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business

let's go to the local burger joint

Synonyms & Similar Words

• places
• facilities
• establishments
• parlors
• houses
• spots
• salons
• stations
• installations
• clubs
• holes
• dens
• dives

3

as in prisons

slang a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody

violate your probation and you'll be back in the joint in short order, loser

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prisons
• penitentiaries
• jails
• hocks
• coops
• brigs
• coolers
• pens
• jugs
• nicks
• cages
• big houses
• cans
• lockups
• cells
• stockades
• tanks
• bastilles
• pokeys
• clinks
• jailhouses
• guardrooms
• quods
• bridewells
• slammers
• tolbooths
• holes
• hoosegows
• dungeons
• stirs
• calabooses
• wards
• slams
• bull pens
• hulks
• holds
• concentration camps
• blocks
• guardhouses
• labor camps
• prison camps
• keeps
• work camps
• glasshouses
• gulags
• reformatories
• reform schools
• stalags
• training schools
• oubliettes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• outsides

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of joints

In larger establishments you might be given your own table; in smaller joints you'll be squeezed onto a bench elbow to elbow with strangers. — Lee Cobaj, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026

Changing levels by getting up and sitting down requires your muscles, joints and nervous system to coordinate strength, mobility and balance while controlling your body weight. — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026

Among the errors cited in the August 6 report is a failure to allow proper curing (drying) time for the caulk applied to the expansion joints that separate the basin’s concrete slabs. — News Desk, Artforum, 16 Oct. 2026

Poems are distillations into presence wherein now exists in blood flowing through veins, in muscles contracting and releasing, in joints flexing and extending, in this inhale, in this foot strike against the pavement, in this sigh. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

These include interlocking joints designed to support grout-free assembly of radiation-shielding panels. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

Rocket Lab also deleted joints in the first stage tank structure and increased the thickness of some sections of the carbon composite. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026

Animatronic hands were used for moments in which soldiers were grabbed, while CG filled in missing joints and augmented the full-size puppet. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

An orthopedic surgeon has built his practice around the idea that our joints can remain strong and functional throughout life, with some basic care and feeding. — Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2026