Synonyms for junction
Most common
coupling colligation join meeting place nexus confluence adjunction
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Conjunction
conjunction, joining, coupling, unification, connection, combination, merger, fusion, alliance, conjugation, coalition, confederacy, colligation, amalgamation, concurrence
2. Juncture
juncture formal, joint, join, articulation
Other
confluence, union, meeting, linking, meeting place, contact, nexus, unity, attachment, annexation, melding, adjunction
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
Their collaboration formed a fruitful junction of ideas.
- n. 2
A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
Turn left at the next road junction.
Related words
- Word family
- juncture
- Phrases
- diamond junction flat junction level junction cell junction annular gap junction cell-cell junction junction transistor junction tree
- Is a kind of
- relation state
Forms
- Plural
- junctions → conjunctions, joinings, couplings, unifications…
Example sentences
- join If you have an umbrella, let me join you under it.
- nexus Up ahead is the nexus between our two universes.
- confluence Koblenz lies on the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| junction | falling | |
| coupling | steady | |
| colligation | steady | |
| join | rising | |
| nexus | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- join1
- 5 letters
- union2, joint1, unity3, nexus2
- 6 letters
- merger2, fusion2
- 7 letters
- meeting2, contact2, joining2, linking2, melding2
- 8 letters
- alliance3, coupling2, juncture2
- 9 letters
- coalition4
- 10 letters
- connection3, attachment3, annexation4, confluence3, adjunction
- 11 letters
- combination4, conjunction3, unification5, confederacy5, conjugation4, concurrence3, colligation
- 12 letters
- amalgamation5, articulation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (union2 = 2 syllables).