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connection noun
1 connection A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it):— There was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare.
synonyms: connectedness , connexion .
Roget 11 :consanguinity ,
relationship ,
kindred ,
blood ;
parentage
etc.
(paternity)
166 filiation † ,
affiliation ;
lineage ,
agnation † ,
connection ,
alliance ;
family connection ,
family tie ;
ties of blood ;
nepotism .
kinsman ,
kinfolk ;
kith and kin ;
relation ,
relative ;
connection ;
sibling ,
sib ;
next of kin ;
uncle ,
aunt ,
nephew ,
niece ;
cousin ,
cousin-german † ;
first cousin ,
second cousin ;
cousin once removed ,
cousin twice removed ;
etc.
near relation ,
distant relation ;
brother ,
sister ,
one's own flesh and blood .
family ,
fraternity ;
brotherhood ,
sisterhood ,
cousinhood † .
race ,
stock ,
generation ;
sept
etc.
166 stirps ,
side ;
strain ;
breed ,
clan ,
tribe ,
nation .
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Roget 46 :coherence ,
adherence ,
adhesion ,
adhesiveness ;
concretion accretion ;
conglutination ,
agglutination ,
agglomeration ;
aggregation ;
consolidation ,
set ,
cementation ;
sticking ,
soldering
etc.
v.;
connection ;
dependence .
tenacity ,
toughness ;
stickiness
etc.
352 inseparability ,
inseparableness ;
bur ,
remora .
conglomerate ,
concrete
etc.
(density)
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2 connection The state of being connected:— The connection between church and state is inescapable.
synonyms: connectedness , link .
Roget 9 :relation ,
bearing ,
reference ,
connection ,
concern ,
cognation ;
correlation
etc.
12 analogy ;
similarity
etc.
17 affinity ,
homology ,
alliance ,
homogeneity ,
association ;
approximation
etc.
(nearness)
197 filiation
etc.
(consanguinity)
11 interest ;
relevancy
etc.
23 dependency ,
relationship ,
relative position .
comparison
etc.
464 ratio ,
proportion .
link ,
tie ,
bond of union .
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Dutch: samenhang, verband
3 connection An instrumentality that connects:— He soldered the connection.
synonyms: connecter , connective , connector , connexion .
Roget 45 :vinculum ,
link ;
connective ,
connection ;
junction
etc.
43 bond of union ,
copula ,
hyphen ,
intermedium † ;
bracket ;
bridge ,
stepping-stone ,
isthmus .
bond ,
tendon ,
tendril ;
fiber ;
cord ,
cordage ;
riband ,
ribbon ,
rope ,
guy ,
cable ,
line ,
halser † ,
hawser ,
painter ,
moorings ,
wire ,
chain ;
string
etc.
(filament)
205 fastener ,
fastening ,
tie ;
ligament ,
ligature ;
strap ;
tackle ,
rigging ;
standing rigging ,
running rigging ;
traces ,
harness ;
yoke ;
band ribband ,
bandage ;
brace ,
roller ,
fillet ;
inkle † ;
with ,
withe ,
withy ;
thong ,
braid ;
girder ,
tiebeam ;
girth ,
girdle ,
cestus † ,
garter ,
halter ,
noose ,
lasso ,
surcingle ,
knot ,
running knot ;
cabestro [U.S.] ,
cinch [U.S.] ,
lariat ,
legadero † ,
oxreim † ;
suspenders .
pin ,
corking pin ,
nail ,
brad ,
tack ,
skewer ,
staple ,
corrugated fastener ;
clamp ,
U-clamp ,
C-clamp ;
cramp ,
cramp iron ;
ratchet ,
detent ,
larigo † ,
pawl ;
terret † ,
treenail ,
screw ,
button ,
buckle ;
clasp ,
hasp ,
hinge ,
hank ,
catch ,
latch ,
bolt ,
latchet † ,
tag ;
tooth ;
hook ,
hook and eye ;
lock ,
holdfast † ,
padlock ,
rivet ;
anchor ,
grappling iron ,
trennel † ,
stake ,
post .
cement ,
glue ,
gum ,
paste ,
size ,
wafer ,
solder ,
lute ,
putty ,
birdlime ,
mortar ,
stucco ,
plaster ,
grout ;
viscum † .
shackle ,
rein
etc.
(means of restraint)
752 prop
etc.
(support)
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Dutch: verbindingsstuk, connector, koppeling, verbinding
4 connection usually plural A person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship).
Polish: koligacje, koneksje, stosunki, znajomości
5 connection The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination.
synonyms: association , connexion .
Roget 12 :reciprocalness
etc.
adj.† ;
reciprocity ,
reciprocation ;
mutuality ,
correlation ,
interdependence ,
interrelation ,
connection ,
link ,
association ;
interchange
etc.
148
exchange ,
barter .
reciprocator ,
reprocitist .
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Polish: skojarzenie, kojarzenie
6 connection 7 connection A supplier (especially of narcotics).
8 connection Shifting from one form of transportation to another:— The plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta.
synonym: connexion .
Dutch: aansluiting, lijn, spoorverbinding, treinverbinding, verbinding
9 connection The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication):— There was a connection via the internet.
synonyms: connexion , joining .
Dutch: aansluiting, connectie, schakeling, telefoonaansluiting, verbinding Polish: połączenie się, zespolenie się, scalenie się, złączenie się
Moby thesaurus: ESP , Indian file , abutment , abuttal , access , accord , accounting for , acquaintance , act of love , addition , adjacency , adjoiningness , adjunct , adultery , affairs , affiliation , affinity , agent , agglomeration , agglutination , aggregation , agnation , aisle , alley , alliance , ally , ambulatory , ancestry , ankle , answer , answerability , aperture , aphrodisia , applicability , application , appointment , appositeness , apposition , appropriateness , approximation , appulse , arbitrator , arcade , array , arrogation , artery , articulation , ascription , ass , assemblage , assignation , assignment , association , attachment , attribution , avenue , balling , bank , bearing , berth , billet , blame , blood , blood relationship , bond , boundary , bracketing , broker , brotherhood , brothership , butt , buzz , carnal knowledge , catena , catenation , cervix , chain , chain reaction , chaining , channel , charge , church , climax , clinch , cloister , closeness , closure , clustering , cognation , cohabitation , coherence , coition , coitus , coitus interruptus , colonnade , combination , commerce , common ancestry , common descent , communication , communion , concatenation , concern , concernment , concourse , concurrence , conduit , confluence , congeries , conglomeration , congress , conjugation , conjunction , connectedness , connecting , connecting link , connecting rod , connection with , connections , consanguinity , consecution , consecutiveness , consistency , contact , conterminousness , contiguity , continuity , continuum , contrariety , convergence , conversation , converse , copula , copulation , correlation , correspondence , corridor , coterminousness , coupling , course , cousinhood , cousinship , covered way , credit , creed , cult , cycle , dealing , dealings , deduction , defile , denomination , deputy , derivation from , descent , diddling , disjunction , distributor , dovetail , drag , drone , elbow , embrace , enation , endless belt , endless round , etiology , exchange , exit , faith , family , family connection , fatherhood , ferry , file , filiation , ford , fornication , fraternity , friend at court , front , front man , gallery , gamut , gathering , germaneness , gliding joint , go-between , gradation , hinge , hinged joint , hip , homology , honor , hookup , hum , imputation , influence , information , inlet , interaction , interagent , interceder , intercessor , interchange , intercommunication , intercommunion , intercourse , interest , interface , interlinking , intermediary , intermediate , intermediate agent , intermediator , intermedium , internuncio , interplay , interpleader , interrelationship , intersection , intervener , interventor , intimacy , job , jobber , join , joinder , joining , joint , jointure , junction , juncture , juxtaposition , kin , kindred , kinship , kith and kin , knee , knotting , knuckle , lane , liaison , line , lineage , linguistic intercourse , link , linkage , linking , lovemaking , making it with , marital affinity , marital relations , marriage , marriage act , marriage connection , marriage relationship , materiality , maternity , mating , matrilineage , matriliny , matrisib , matrocliny , meat , mediary , mediator , medium , meeting , merger , merging , message , middleman , miter , monotone , mortise , motherhood , mouthpiece , mutual attraction , nearness , neck , negotiant , negotiator , negotiatress , negotiatrix , nexus , office , ombudsman , onanism , opening , orderliness , orgasm , outlet , overpass , ovum , pairing , palaetiology , pareunia , partnership , pass , passage , passageway , paternity , patrilineage , patriliny , patrisib , patrocliny , pendulum , perigee , perihelion , periodicity , persuasion , pertinence , pivot , pivot joint , place , placement , plenum , portico , position , post , powder train , procreation , progression , propinquity , proximity , pull , queue , rabbet , railroad tunnel , range , rank , rapport , recurrence , reference , reference to , regard , relatedness , relation , relations , relationship , relatives , relevance , reply , respect , response , responsibility , reticulation , rotation , round , routine , row , run , saddling , scale , scarf , screwing , seam , sect , sequence , series , sex , sex act , sexual climax , sexual commerce , sexual congress , sexual intercourse , sexual relations , sexual union , shoulder , sibship , similarity , single file , sisterhood , sistership , situation , sleeping with , social intercourse , speaking , spectrum , speech , speech circuit , speech situation , sperm , splice , spokesman , spokeswoman , spot , stitch , string , succession , suture , swath , symbiosis , sympathy , symphysis , syzygy , talking , telepathy , thread , tie , tie rod , tie-in , tie-up , tier , ties of blood , togetherness , toggle , toggle joint , touch , traffic , train , traject , trajet , truck , tunnel , two-way communication , underpass , 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connections noun
Roget 840 :amusement ,
entertainment ,
recreation ,
fun ,
game ,
fun and games ;
diversion ,
divertissement ;
reaction ,
solace ;
pastime ,
passetemps [Fr.] ,
sport ;
labor of love ;
pleasure
etc.
827 relaxation ;
leisure
etc.
685 fun ,
frolic ,
merriment ,
jollity ;
joviality ,
jovialness † ;
heyday ;
laughter
etc.
838 jocosity ,
jocoseness † ;
drollery ,
buffoonery ,
tomfoolery ;
mummery ,
pleasantry ;
wit
etc.
842 quip ,
quirk .
[verbal expressions of amusement: list]
giggle ,
titter ,
snigger ,
snicker ,
crow ,
cheer ,
chuckle ,
shout ;
horse laugh ,
belly laugh ,
hearty laugh ;
guffaw ;
burst of laughter ,
fit of laughter ,
shout of laughter ,
roar of laughter ,
peal of laughter ;
cachinnation † ;
Kentish fire ;
tiger .
play ;
game ,
game at romps ;
gambol ,
romp ,
prank ,
antic ,
rig ,
lark ,
spree ,
skylarking ,
vagary ,
monkey trick ,
gambade ,
fredaine † ,
escapade ,
echappee [Fr.] ,
bout ,
espieglerie [Fr.] ;
practical joke
etc.
(ridicule)
856 dance ;
hop ,
reel ,
rigadoon † ,
saraband † ,
hornpipe ,
bolero ,
ballroom dance ;
[ballroom dances: list],
minuet ,
waltz ,
polka ,
fox trot ,
tango ,
samba ,
rhumba ,
twist ,
stroll ,
hustle ,
cha-cha ;
fandango ,
cancan ;
bayadere † ;
breakdown ,
cake-walk ,
cornwallis [U.S.] ,
break dancing ;
nautch-girl ;
shindig [U.S.] ;
skirtdance † ,
stag dance ,
Virginia reel ,
square dance ;
galop † ,
galopade † ;
jig ,
Irish jig ,
fling ,
strathspey † ;
allemande [Fr.] ;
gavot † ,
gavotte ,
tarantella ;
mazurka ,
morisco † ,
morris dance ;
quadrille ;
country dance ,
folk dance ;
cotillon ,
Sir Roger de Coverley ;
ballet
etc.
(drama)
599 ball ;
bal ,
bal masque ,
bal costume ;
masquerade ;
Terpsichore .
festivity ,
merrymaking ;
party
etc.
(social gathering)
892 blowout [U.S.] ,
hullabaloo ,
hoedown ,
bat [U.S.] ,
bum [U.S.] ,
bust [Slang] ,
clambake [U.S.] ,
donation party [U.S.] ,
fish fry [U.S.] ,
jamboree [Slang] ,
kantikoy † ,
nautch † ,
randy ,
squantum [U.S.] ,
tear [Slang] ,
Turnerfest † ,
yule log ;
fete ,
festival ,
gala ,
ridotto † ;
revels ,
revelry ,
reveling ;
carnival ,
brawl ,
saturnalia ,
high jinks ;
feast ,
banquet
etc.
(food)
298 regale ,
symposium ,
wassail ;
carouse ,
carousal ;
jollification ,
junket ,
wake ,
Irish wake ,
picnic ,
fete champetre [Fr.] ,
regatta ,
field day ;
treat .
round of pleasures ,
dissipation ,
a short life and a merry one ,
racketing ,
holiday making .
rejoicing
etc.
838 jubilee
etc.
(celebration)
883 bonfire ,
fireworks ,
feu-de-joie ,
firecracker .
holiday ;
gala day ,
red letter day ,
play day ;
high days and holidays ;
high holiday ,
Bank holiday ;
May day ,
Derby day ;
Saint Monday ,
Easter Monday ,
Whit Monday ;
Bairam † ;
wayz-goos † ,
bean feast ;
Arbor Day ,
Declaration Day ,
Independence Day ,
Labor Day ,
Memorial Day ,
Thanksgiving Day ;
Mardi gras [Fr.] ,
mi-careme [Fr.] ,
feria [Lat.] ,
fiesta .
place of amusement ,
theater ;
hall ,
concert room ,
ballroom ,
assemblyroom † ;
music hall .
park ,
plaisance † ;
national park ,
national forest ,
state park ,
county park ,
city park ,
vest-pocket park ,
public park
(public)
737.1;
arbor ;
garden
etc.
(horticulture)
371 pleasure ground ,
playground ,
cricketground ,
croquet ground ,
archery ground ,
hunting ground ;
tennis court ,
racket court ;
bowling alley ,
green alley ;
croquet lawn ,
rink ,
glaciarum † ,
skating rink ;
roundabout ,
merry-go-round ;
swing ;
montagne Russe [Fr.] .
game of chance ,
game of skill .
athletic sports ,
gymnastics ;
archery ,
rifle shooting ;
tournament ,
pugilism
etc.
(contention)
720 sports
etc.
622 horse racing ,
the turf ;
aquatics
etc.
267 skating ,
sliding ;
cricket ,
tennis ,
lawn tennis ;
hockey ,
football ,
baseball ,
soccer ,
ice hockey ,
basketball ;
rackets ,
fives ,
trap bat and ball ,
battledore and shuttlecock ,
la grace ;
pall-mall ,
tipcat † ,
croquet ,
golf ,
curling ,
pallone † ,
polo ,
water polo ;
tent pegging ;
tilting at the ring ,
quintain [Mediev.] ;
greasy pole ;
quoits ,
horseshoes ,
discus ;
rounders ,
lacrosse ;
tobogganing ,
water polo ;
knurr and spell † .
[childrens' games]
leapfrog ,
hop skip and jump ;
mother may I ;
French and English ,
tug of war ;
blindman's bluff ,
hunt the slopper † ,
hide and seek ,
kiss in the ring ;
snapdragon ;
cross questions and crooked answers . ;
crisscross ,
hopscotch ;
jacks ,
jackstones † ,
marbles ;
mumblety-peg ,
mumble-the-peg ,
pushball ,
shinney ,
shinny ,
tag
&c.;
billiards ,
pool ,
pingpong ,
pyramids ,
bagatelle ;
bowls ,
skittles ,
ninepins ,
kain † ,
American bowls † ;
tenpins [U.S.] ,
tivoli .
cards ,
card games ;
whist ,
rubber ;
round game ;
loo ,
cribbage ,
besique † ,
euchre ,
drole † ,
ecarte [Fr.] ,
picquet † ,
allfours † ,
quadrille ,
omber ,
reverse ,
Pope Joan ,
commit ;
boston ,
boaston † ;
blackjack ,
twenty-one ,
vingtun [Fr.] ;
quinze [Fr.] ,
thirty-one ,
put ,
speculation ,
connections ,
brag ,
cassino † ,
lottery ,
commerce ,
snip-snap-snoren † ,
lift smoke ,
blind hookey ,
Polish bank ,
Earl of Coventry ,
Napoleon ,
patience ,
pairs ;
banker ;
blind poker ,
draw poker ,
straight poker ,
stud poker ;
bluff ,
bridge ,
bridge whist ;
lotto ,
monte ,
three-card monte ,
nap ,
penny-ante ,
poker ,
reversis † ,
squeezers ,
old maid ,
fright ,
beggar-my-neighbor ;
baccarat .
[cards: list]
ace ,
king ,
queen ,
knave ,
jack ,
ten ,
nine ,
eight ,
seven ,
six ,
five ,
four ,
trey ,
deuce ;
joker ;
trump ,
wild card .
[card suits: list]
spades ,
hearts ,
clubs ,
diamonds ;
major suit ,
minor suit .
bower ;
right bower ,
left bower ;
dummy ;
jackpot ;
deck .
[hands at poker: list]
pair ,
two pair ,
three of a kind ,
straight ,
flush ,
full-house ,
four of a kind ,
royal flush ;
misere
&c..
[board games: list]
chess ,
draughts ,
checkers ,
checquers ,
backgammon ,
dominos ,
merelles † ,
nine men's morris ,
go bang ,
solitaire ;
game of fox and goose ;
monopoly ;
loto
&c.;
[word games: list],
scrabble ,
scribbage ,
boggle ,
crossword puzzle ,
hangman .
morra † ;
gambling
etc.
(chance)
621 toy ,
plaything ,
bauble ;
doll
etc.
(puppet )
554 teetotum † ;
knickknack
etc.
(trifle)
643 magic lantern
etc.
(show)
448 peep show ,
puppet show ,
raree show ,
gallanty show † ;
toy shop ;
quips and cranks and wanton wiles , nods and becks quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks and wreathed smiles"
[Milton].
entertainer ,
showman ,
showgirl ;
dancer ,
tap dancer ,
song-and-dance man ;
vaudeville act ;
singer ;
musician
etc.
416
sportsman ,
gamester ,
reveler ;
master of ceremonies ,
master of revels ;
pompom girl † ;
arbiter elegantiarum [Lat.] ;
arbiter bibendi [Lat.] ,
archer ,
fan [U.S.] ,
toxophilite † ,
turfman † .
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Moby thesaurus: Byzantine intrigues , agnate , ancestry , backstairs influence , blood , blood relation , blood relative , clansman , cognate , collateral , collateral relative , consanguinean , deals , distaff side , distant relation , enate , family , flesh , flesh and blood , folks , games , german , influence peddling , intrigues , kin , kindred , kinfolk , kinnery , kinsfolk , kinsman , kinsmen , kinswoman , kith and kin , lobbying , lobbyism , near relation , next of kin , people , ploys , posterity , relations , relatives , ropes , schemes , sib , sibling , spear kin , spear side , spindle kin , spindle side , strings , sword side , tribesman , uterine kin , wire-pulling , wires ... show more .
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