COMPOUND Synonyms

• a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities

• a coordinated sequence of chess moves

• a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock

• a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose

• an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)

• the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order

• the act of combining things to form a new whole

• of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae

• a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts

• considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers

• consisting of separate interconnected parts

• (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)

• any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients

• a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

• an event that combines things in a mixture

• the act of mixing together

• a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten

• the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something

• lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

• make an alloy of

• the combination of two or more commercial companies

• complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts

• a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts

• a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated

• (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior

• a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

• difficult to analyze or understand

• any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients

• an occurrence of an unusual mixture

• the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose

• the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components

• an occurrence that involves the production of a union

• the state of being combined into one body

• the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words

• a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy

• the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept

• correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization

• the act of fusing (or melting) together

• the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)

• the combination of ideas into a complex whole

• reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

• harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field

• a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service

• an occurrence that results in things being united

• have or possess in combination

• put or add together

• combine so as to form a whole; mix

• add together from different sources

• join for a common purpose or in a common action

• gather in a mass, sum, or whole

• mix together different elements

• a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.

• be in accord; be in agreement

• consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something

• be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

• go together

• show grammatical agreement

• be agreeable or suitable

• achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose

• an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams

• a combination or blend of diverse things

• create by putting components or members together

• collect in one place

• get people together

• enlarge or increase

• grow or intensify

• of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony

• of animals who live in colonies, such as ants

• a resident of a colony

• composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony

• make more intense, stronger, or more marked

• become more intense

• make deeper

• become deeper in tone

• the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

• a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

• a perceptual structure

• any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

• alternative names for the body of a human being

• the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance

• the visual appearance of something or someone

• a printed document with spaces in which to write

• (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups

• an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse

• a particular mode in which something is manifested

• (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary

• a body of students who are taught together

• an ability to perform well

• a life-size dummy used to display clothes

• a mold for setting concrete

• create (as an entity)

• to compose or represent

• develop into a distinctive entity

• give shape or form to

• make something, usually for a specific function

• establish or impress firmly in the mind

• assume a form or shape

• a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

• lock up or confine, in or as in a jail