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Synonyms for connect

Most common

join attach unite link get in touch touch base

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Join — to join (to another object), to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object

join, attach, unite, link, associate, combine, fix, conjoin, relate, fasten, affix, bind, hook, knit, piece together, couple, hitch, articulate, refer, screw, cohere, assemble

2. Get in touch

get in touch, touch base

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.

    I think this piece connects to that piece over there.

  2. v. 2

    To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.

    Both roads have the same name, but they don't connect: they're on opposite sides of the river, and there's no bridge there.

Forms

Past participle
connected
e.g. connected → joined, attached, united, linked…

Example sentences

  • join If you have an umbrella, let me join you under it.
  • link Letters are a link with friends who live far away.
  • unite Oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.
  • attach You need to attach a white garter belt underneath.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
connectrising
joinrising
linkrising
unitefalling
attachsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
fix1, tie1
4 letters
join1, link1, hook1, bind1, knit1
5 letters
refer2, screw1, unite2, hitch1, affix2
6 letters
couple2, relate2, attach2, fasten2, cohere2
7 letters
involve2, combine2, conjoin2
8 letters
assemble3
9 letters
associate4
10 letters
articulate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (refer2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
brancher
Italiano
accendere