States and conditions

Synonyms for connect

Synonyms for connect: join and link. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

2 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · verb · 2 reason lines

The 2 synonyms for connect

joinverb, in the sense "be or become joined or united or linked"
linkverb, in the sense "make a logical or causal connection"

All two are filed under connect's own senses, one synonym per sense, each read by a human before it shipped.

Sense 1 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsStates and conditions

be or become joined or united or linked

The two streets connect to become a highway.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

join

Same sentence, swapped: The two streets join to become a highway.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for connect in the sentence quoted.

affect
require
succeed

Sense 2 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

make a logical or causal connection

I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

link

Same sentence, swapped: I cannot link these two pieces of evidence in my mind.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for connect in the sentence quoted.

concentrate
determine
succeed

Where connect turns up in the game

connect is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play connect

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so connect reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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confidencenounauthorityfreedom from doubtFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line connectionnounjoiningthe act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)Foothills2 sensesHas a reason line continueverbkeepallow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or featureFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line crucialadjectiveimportantof extreme importanceTreeline custodynounholda state of being confined (usually for a short time)Foothills darknessnounshadowan unilluminated areaFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line sparselyadverbthinlythinly, with wide gaps betweenFoothillsHas a reason line specialadjectiveparticularsurpassing what is common or usual or expectedFoothillsHas a reason line

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