conjunct

1. 1.

   progressing melodically by intervals of a second

   “conjunct motion of an ascending scale”

   Antonymsdisjunct

   music

2. 2.

   bound in close association

   “conjunct influences”

   “conjunct ideas”

   Similarunited
3. 3.

   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”

   Synonymsconcertedconjunctivecooperative

   Similarjoint

Other forms of conjunct

comparative

conjuncter·

superlative

conjunctest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about conjunct

What does conjunct mean?

conjunct means "progressing melodically by intervals of a second". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in conjunct?

conjunct has 2 syllables: con-junct. The stress falls on "con".

What is another word for conjunct?

Close synonyms include concerted, conjunctive, cooperative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of conjunct?

The recorded antonyms are disjunct.

Is conjunct a common word?

conjunct is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.