Antonyms for join
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : join |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʒɔɪn |
Definition of join
Origin :- c.1300, from stem of Old French joindre "join, connect, unite; have sexual intercourse with" (12c.), from Latin iungere "to join together, unite, yoke," from PIE *yeug- "to join, unite" (see jugular). Related: Joined; joining. In Middle English, join sometimes is short for enjoin. Join up "enlist in the army" is from 1916. Phrase if you can't beat them, join them is from 1953.
- verb unite
- verb affiliate with organization
- verb touch; border on
- The brothers must be on the watch, and ready to join her at a moment's warning.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- But if I join to you, I'll have to meet him sooner or later.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- He is having a feast of Marennes and he asks me to join him.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- When the news had spread, others came to join him, and he could not refuse.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- He next whispered to him, and (as Dicky says) invited him to join them.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- All persons who will not join you you will take prisoners and bring to me.
- Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
- She was asked to join a small class that was studying French at night.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- That is why he wished me to join the Koshare, for then he will be my Head, and without his leave I can do nothing.'
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- Now, however, after all these years, he sent for his son to join him.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- He urged them to rise and join in the destruction of the white invaders.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
Synonyms for join
- abut
- accompany
- add
- adhere
- adjoin
- affix
- agglutinate
- align
- annex
- append
- assemble
- associate
- associate with
- attach
- be adjacent to
- be at hand
- be close to
- be contiguous to
- be in
- blend
- bound
- bracket
- butt
- cement
- clamp
- clasp
- clip
- coadunate
- coalesce
- combine
- come aboard
- communicate
- compound
- concrete
- conjoin
- conjugate
- connect
- consort
- cooperate
- copulate
- couple
- enlist
- enroll
- enter
- entwine
- extend
- fall in with
- fasten
- follow
- fringe
- fuse
- go to
- grapple
- hem
- hitch on
- incorporate
- interlace
- intermix
- juxtapose
- knit
- leash
- lie beside
- lie near
- lie next to
- line
- link
- lock
- lump together
- march
- marry
- mate
- meet
- melt
- mingle with
- mix
- neighbor
- open into
- pair
- pair with
- parallel
- plug into
- put together
- reach
- rim
- side with
- sign on
- sign up
- skirt
- slap on
- span
- splice
- stick together
- tack on
- tag on
- take part in
- take up with
- team up with
- throw in with
- tie
- tie up
- tie up with
- touch
- trench on
- verge on
- weave
- wed
- weld
- yoke
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