English noun: attachment | |||
1. | attachment (feeling) a feeling of affection for a person or an institution | ||
Synonyms | fond regard | ||
Broader (hypernym) | affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness | ||
2. | attachment (artifact) a supplementary part or accessory | ||
Broader (hypernym) | add-on, addition, improver | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | hood, lens hood | ||
3. | attachment (communication) a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding | ||
Broader (hypernym) | judicial writ, writ | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
4. | attachment (artifact) a connection that fastens things together | ||
Synonyms | bond | ||
Broader (hypernym) | connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ligament | ||
5. | attachment (act) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion | ||
Samples | Attachment to a formal agenda. Adherence to a fat-free diet. The adhesion of Seville was decisive. | ||
Synonyms | adherence, adhesion | ||
Broader (hypernym) | support | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cabalism, ecclesiasticism, kabbalism, royalism, traditionalism | ||
6. | attachment (act) the act of attaching or affixing something | ||
Synonyms | affixation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | combination, combining, compounding | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | graft, grafting | ||
7. | attachment (act) the act of fastening things together | ||
Synonyms | fastening | ||
Broader (hypernym) | connection, connexion, joining | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bonding, doweling, earthing, fixation, grounding, ligature, linkage, soldering, tying, welding | ||