ADAPTER Synonyms

• a software module that extends or enhances the capabilities of an existing application

• a component that is added to something to improve it

• a supplementary component that improves capability

• a feeling of affection for a person or an institution

• a supplementary part or accessory

• a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding

• a connection that fastens things together

• faithful support for a cause or political party or religion

• the act of attaching or affixing something

• the act of fastening things together

• an instrumentality that connects

• a device for changing one substance or form or state into another

• a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects

• a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt

• act of expanding in scope; making more widely available

• the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

• an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students

• act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb

• a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename

• the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to

• the ability to raise the working leg high in the air

• amount or degree or range to which something extends

• an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line

• an addition to the length of something

• an addition that extends a main building

• making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

• a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system

• (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)

• putting clothes on to see whether they fit

• in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion

• being precisely fitting and right

• (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)

• (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system

• the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other

• (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)

• a man who serves as a sailor

• a small worthless amount

• someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor

• immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted

• a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling

• an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug

• game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks

• small flag indicating a ship's nationality

• one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince

• tool for exerting pressure or lifting

• any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas

• male donkey

• lift with a special device

• hunt with a jacklight

• the means of connection between things linked in series

• a fastener that serves to join or connect

• the state of being connected

• a connecting shape

• a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain

• (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list

• a channel for communication between groups

• a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network

• an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data

• make a logical or causal connection

• connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

• be or become joined or united or linked

• link with or as with a yoke

• blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

• a wad of something chewable as tobacco

• blatant or sensational promotion

• electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark

• an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection

• an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire

• an old or over-worked horse

• fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

• persist in working hard

• deliver a quick blow to

• make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote

• replace the center of a coin with a baser metal

• insert a plug into

• insert as a plug

• a software module that extends or enhances the capabilities of an existing application

• a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities

• a container that is used to put or keep things in

• enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts

• an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert

• an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage

• device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible

• a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise

• a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance

• a person who translates written messages from one language to another

• someone who rewrites in a different script

• someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notation

• someone who makes a written version of spoken material

• a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance