connection

connection is a 10-letter English word with 13 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 19 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.
2. noun. That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.
3. noun. A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; -- used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.
4. noun. The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection.
5. noun. the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)

   "the joining of hands around the table"

   "there was a connection via the internet"

   Synonyms: connexion, joining

6. noun. shifting from one form of transportation to another

   "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"

   Synonyms: connexion

7. noun. an instrumentality that connects

   "he soldered the connection"

   "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"

   Synonyms: connecter, connective, connector, connexion

8. noun. the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

   "conditioning is a form of learning by association"

   Synonyms: association, connexion

9. noun. a supplier (especially of narcotics)
10. noun. (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)

    "he has powerful connections"

11. noun. a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)

    "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"

    Synonyms: connectedness, connexion

12. noun. a connecting shape

    Synonyms: connexion, link

13. noun. the state of being connected

    "the connection between church and state is inescapable"

    Synonyms: connectedness, link

Synonyms

connexion, joining, connecter, connective, connector, association, connectedness, link

Common word forms

connections, connectional, connectionless

Words from these letters

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