Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun joint

6 senses of joint

Sense 1
joint, articulation, articulatio -- ((anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion))
       => body part -- (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Sense 2
joint -- (a disreputable place of entertainment)
       => spot -- (a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot")

Sense 3
articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction -- (the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made)
       => connection, connexion, link -- (a connecting shape)

Sense 4
roast, joint -- (a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion)
       => cut, cut of meat -- (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)

Sense 5
joint -- (junction by which parts or objects are joined together)
       => junction, conjunction -- (something that joins or connects)

Sense 6
joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, stick, spliff -- (marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking)
       => cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag -- (finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb joint

4 senses of joint

Sense 1
joint -- (fit as if by joints; "The boards fit neatly")
       => fit, go -- (be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle")

Sense 2
joint, articulate -- (provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood")
       => supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")

Sense 3
joint -- (fasten with a joint)
       => fasten, fix, secure -- (cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man")

Sense 4
joint -- (separate (meat) at the joint)
       => separate, disunite, divide, part -- (force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea")

Antonyms of adj joint

3 senses of joint

Sense 1
joint (vs. separate) -- (united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners")

separate (vs. joint) -- (independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church")
        => apart (predicate) -- (having characteristics not shared by others; "scientists felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush)
        => asunder (predicate) -- (widely separated especially in space; "as wide asunder as pole from pole")
        => detached, isolated, separated, set-apart -- (being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling")
        => discrete, distinct -- (constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions")
        => disjoint -- (having no elements in common)
        => disjunct, isolated -- (marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly)
        => isolable -- (capable of being isolated or disjoined)
        => unaccompanied -- ((of a state or an event) taking place without something specified occurring at the same time; "a headache unaccompanied by other symptoms")

Sense 2
joint -- (affecting or involving two or more; "joint income-tax return"; "joint ownership")

INDIRECT (VIA shared) -> unshared -- (not shared)

Sense 3
joint -- (involving both houses of a legislature; "a joint session of Congress")

INDIRECT (VIA multilateral) -> unilateral, one-sided -- (involving only one part or side; "unilateral paralysis"; "a unilateral decision")

Similarity of adj joint

3 senses of joint

Sense 1
joint (vs. separate) -- (united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners")
       => clannish -- (characteristic of a clan especially in being unified; "clannish loyalty")
       => concerted, conjunct, conjunctive, cooperative -- (involving the joint activity of two or more; "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind"; "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military activities")
       => conjoined, conjoint -- (consisting of two or more associated entities; "the interplay of these conjoined yet opposed factors"; "social order and prosperity, the conjoint aims of government"- J.K.Fairbank)
       => corporate, collective -- (done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good")
       => cosignatory -- (signing jointly with others)
          Also See-> collective#2; common#1; integrated#3; shared#1; united#1

Sense 2
joint -- (affecting or involving two or more; "joint income-tax return"; "joint ownership")
       => shared (vs. unshared) -- (have in common; held or experienced in common; "two shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent nuclei"; "a shared interest in philately")

Sense 3
joint -- (involving both houses of a legislature; "a joint session of Congress")
       => multilateral (vs. unilateral), many-sided -- (having many parts or sides)