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noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of link

1 a rod-shaped portion of seasoned ground meat in a casing

  • I like to put maple syrup on my breakfast links
Synonyms of link

banger [British], sausage, wurst
Words Related to link

bologna, frank, frankfurter, hot dog, kielbasa, knockwurst (also knackwurst), liver sausage (also liver pudding), liverwurst, pepperoni, salami, Vienna sausage, weenie, wiener (also weiner), wienerwurst

blood sausage (also blood pudding)

2 a uniting or binding force or influence

  • those old love letters were her only remaining link with her late grandparents
Synonyms of link

bond, cement, cord, knot, ligature, tie
Words Related to link

attachment, connection, fastening, hookup, joint, linkage, linkup, nexus, tie-up, union, yoke

affection, fondness, sympathy

fetter, handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel

constraint, curb, hampering, limit, limitation, restraint, restriction
Near Antonyms of link

detaching, disengaging, parting, separation

unbinding, unfastening, unfettering, untying (or untieing)

emancipation, freedom, liberation, release

link

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of link

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

  • she linked the flowers together to form a long chain
Synonyms of link

catenate, chain, compound, concatenate, conjugate, connect, couple, hitch, hook, interconnect, interlink, join, yoke
Words Related to link

articulate, dovetail, integrate, interlock, intermesh

cord, string, wire

cement, coalesce, combine, fuse, unite, weld
Near Antonyms of link

detach, disengage, divide, part, split

cleave, rupture, sever, sunder
Antonyms of link

disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, disunite, separate, unchain, uncouple, unhitch, unlink, unyoke

2 to think of (something) in combination

  • since childhood I have always linked trips to the beach with the discomforts of sunburn and sand in my clothes
Synonyms of link

associate, connect, correlate, identify, relate
Words Related to link

compare, equate, liken

group, join, lump (together), tie (together)
Near Antonyms of link

contrast, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, separate, set off

Synonym Discussion of link

join, combine, unite, connect, link, associate, relate mean to bring or come together into some manner of union. join implies a bringing into contact or conjunction of any degree of closeness.
    • joined forces in an effort to win
combine implies some merging or mingling with corresponding loss of identity of each unit.
    • combined jazz and rock to create a new music
unite implies somewhat greater loss of separate identity.
    • the colonies united to form a republic
connect suggests a loose or external attachment with little or no loss of identity.
    • a mutual defense treaty connected the two nations
link may imply strong connection or inseparability of elements still retaining identity.
    • a name forever linked with liberty
associate stresses the mere fact of frequent occurrence or existence together in space or in logical relation.
    • opera is popularly associated with high society
relate suggests the existence of a real or presumed logical connection.
    • related what he observed to what he already knew

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