Synonyms of yoking

yoking

verb

present participle of yoke

as in connecting

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

yoked several ideas together to come up with a new theory

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of yoking

In 1642, the fifth Dalai Lama first unified Tibet by yoking the strength of Mongol forces, who razed the monasteries of rival sects, killing thousands. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026

But then come the passages of cockeyed brilliance—such as this one, yoking Nicholas’s philosophical meditation on the nature of subjective perception to the 1960s sitcom Gilligan’s Island. — Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025

One such example can be found in the Latin mythological text Fabulae, in which the sisters of Phaethon are transformed into poplar trees as punishment for yoking his chariot without their father’s permission. — Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025

That legacy echoes in our every cell, yoking our fates to the vast unicellular realm, where creatures such as protozoans navigate threats, seek succor and sense their way from life to death. — Claire L. Evans, Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2025