Synonyms for adhere
Definitions
- v. 1
To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.
Wax adhered to his finger.
- v. 2
To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc.
Forms
- Past participle
- adhered
e.g. adhered → clinged, cohered, attached, glued…
Example sentences
- attach You need to attach a white garter belt underneath.
- bind I'm forever lost, can't you see? I'm in a bind!
- cling I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
By length
- 3 letters
- hug1
- 4 letters
- hold1, join1, hang1, bond1, bind1, glue1
- 5 letters
- stick1, unite2, cling1
- 6 letters
- cement2, attach2, clinch1, fasten2, cleave1, cohere2
- 7 letters
- support2
- 8 letters
- coalesce3
- 12 letters
- conglutinate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unite2 = 2 syllables).