Adjoin and Constrict

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Adjoin verb - To join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase.

Usage example: after the dictionary writer's talk, the principal adjoined a few remarks about her own love of words

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Constrict is an antonym for adjoin.

Constrict verb - To become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter.

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Adjoin is an antonym for constrict.

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Constrict and Adjoin. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/adjoin/constrict

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Constrict or Adjoin. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/adjoin/constrict.

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