joints

The word “joints” has 1 syllable: joints

It's pronounced as /dʒɔɪnts/

What is synonym and antonym for joints?

In the thesaurus, “joints” has 124 synonyms and 14 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for joints along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for joints

abutment
abutments
articulation
articulations
attachments
bar
bastilles
bend
big houses
blocks
bond
bracket
bridewells
bridge
brigs
bull pens
cages
calabooses
cans
cells
clinks
club
clubs
concentration camps
concourse
concourses
confluence
confluences
conjuncture
connection
connections
coolers
coops
copula
coupling
couplings
crux
dens
dive
dives
dungeons
elbow
establishments
facilities
glasshouses
guardhouses
guardrooms
gulags
hinge
hocks
holds
hole in the wall
holes
honky-tonk
hoosegows
houses
hulks
hyphen
impingement
installations
interconnection
interconnections
intersections
jailhouses
jails
joinings
joins
jointures
jugs
juke joint
junction
junctions
junctures
keeps
knot
labor camps
link
links
lockups
meeting
meetings
nexus
nexuses
nicks
node
oubliettes
parlors
penitentiaries
pens
places
point
pokeys
prison camps
prisons
quods
reform schools
reformatories
roadhouse
salons
seam
seams
slammers
slams
splice
spots
stalags
stations
stirs
stockades
suture
sutures
swivel
tangency
tanks
tavern
tie
ties
tolbooths
training schools
union
unions
vinculum
wards
work camps

Antonyms for joints

clefts
cracks
crevices
disconnection
division
divorce
fissures
gaps
line
outsides
rifts
separation
separations
whole

Meanings of joints

noun
1. The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
2. The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
3. Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
4. The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
5. A cut of meat.
6. The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
7. A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
8. (somewhat derogatory) A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries.
9. (with the definite article) Prison.
10. A marijuana cigarette.
11. A syringe used to inject an illicit drug.
12. The penis.
verb
1. To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together.
2. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
3. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
4. To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
5. To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.

Example Sentences

The mechanic inspected the joints in the car’s suspension system.
Healthy joints are crucial for maintaining mobility as we age.
The carpenter reinforced the joints in the wooden frame with extra nails.
They discussed the benefits of stretching to prevent injury in joints.
The sculpture was designed with movable joints for added flexibility.

On this page you'll find 138 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to joints, such as: abutment, abutments, articulation, articulations, attachments, bar, bastilles.

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