Connection — synonyms, definition

1. connection (Noun)

adhesion affiliation affinity alliance application appropriateness aptitude aptness articulation association attachment attraction bearing bloc bond bracket bridge brotherhood chain circle • • •

connection (Noun) — A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it). ex. "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"

connection (Noun) — The state of being connected. ex. "the connection between church and state is inescapable"

connection (Noun) — Something that connects things together. ex. "he soldered the connection"

connection (Noun) — (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship). ex. "he has powerful connections"

connection (Noun) — The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination. ex. "conditioning is a form of learning by connection"

connection (Noun) — A connecting shape.

connection (Noun) — A supplier (especially of narcotics).

connection (Noun) — Shifting from one form of transportation to another. ex. "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"

connection (Noun) — The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication). ex. "there was a connection via the internet"

acquaintance change of integrity conveyance form friend instrumentality instrumentation memory provider relation remembering shape supplier transfer transferral transport transportation unification union adjunction alliance approximation articulation attachment backbone bond bridge bringing close together coherence coherency cohesion cohesiveness colligation coming upon communication concatenation conjunction contact convergence • • • connected unconnected narcotic