junction

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

Act or point of meeting

Nouns

1. junction, connection, conjunction, coherence; joining, joinder, union, annex, annexation, attachment; ligation, accouplement, inosculation, anastomosis; marriage, knot, wedlock; hookup, network, communication, concatenation; fusion, blend, merger. See crossing, unity.

2. joint, joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, seam, suture, stitch; coupler, coupling; chain, link; miter, mortise, tenon, dovetail; interface, jumper; strong force.

Verbs — join, unite, knot, knit, conjoin, connect, hitch, affiliate, associate, couple; put, piece, or hold together; roll into one, combine, compound, incorporate; skewer; inosculate, anastomose; copulate. See connection.

Adjectives

1. joined, joint; conjoint, conjunct, conjunctive, corporate, compact, hand in hand; close-knit, conjugate.

2. segmented, jointed, articulate.

3. blent, blended, wedded, married, merged, fused. See mixture.

Adverbs — jointly, in conjunction with, fast, firmly, intimately.

Antonyms, see disjunction.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A meeting]

Syn. joining, coupling, linkage; see joint 1 , union 1 .

2. [A place of meeting, especially of roads]

Syn. crossroads, confluence, terminal, collocation, crossing, four corners, intersection, interchange, traffic circle, rotary, roundabout (British); see also crossing 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

juncture, convergence, joining, meeting, union, link, connection, crossing, intersection, crossroads, confluence.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The act or fact of coming together: concourse, confluence, convergence, gathering, meeting. See CONNECT. 2. A point or position at which two or more things are joined: connection, coupling, joint, juncture, seam, union. See CONNECT.