There will be chaos unless we all adhere to the rules.
Source: tatoeba (32181)
Adhere
//ædˈhɪə//
Synonyms for "adhere" (69 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (34)
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More general
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
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7 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived
7 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
8 entriesTranslations
80 translations across 29 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tərəfdarı olmaq verb (To hold, be attached, or be devoted)
Bashkir
1 entries- йәбешеү verb (To stick fast or cleave)
Bulgarian
4 entries- оставам верен verb (To hold, be attached, or be devoted)
- прилепвам verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- прилепвам се verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- спазвам verb (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree)
Catalan
2 entries- adherir verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- adherir-se verb (To stick fast or cleave)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 固守 verb (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree)
- 堅持 /坚持 verb (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree)
- 粘附 verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- 遵守 verb (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree)
Danish
4 entries- holde sig til verb (To hold, be attached, or be devoted)
- klistre verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- klæbe verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- overholde verb (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree)
Dutch
4 entries- aanhangen verb (To hold, be attached, or be devoted)
- kleven verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- plakken verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- samenhangen verb (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree)
Esperanto
2 entries- adheri verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- alteniĝi verb (To stick fast or cleave)
Finnish
4 entries- kiinnittyä verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- noudattaa verb (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree)
- pitää kiinni verb (To hold, be attached, or be devoted)
- pitää kiinni verb (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree)
French
2 entries- adhérer verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- adhérer verb (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree)
Galician
2 entries- adherir verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- adherirse verb (To stick fast or cleave)
German
4 entries- befolgen verb (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree)
- festhalten verb (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree)
- halten verb (To hold, be attached, or be devoted)
- kleben verb (To stick fast or cleave)
Indonesian
1 entries- melekat verb (To stick fast or cleave)
Italian
3 entries- aderire verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- aderire verb (To hold, be attached, or be devoted)
- seguire verb (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree)
Japanese
2 entries- くっ付く verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- 付く verb (To stick fast or cleave)
Korean
1 entries- 달라붙다 verb (To stick fast or cleave)
Latin
2 entries- adhaereō verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- haereō verb (To stick fast or cleave)
Occitan
1 entries- aderir verb (To stick fast or cleave)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یاپشمق verb (To stick fast or cleave)
Portuguese
1 entries- aderir verb (To stick fast or cleave)
Russian
4 entries- остава́ться ве́рным verb (To hold, be attached, or be devoted)
- приде́рживаться verb (To hold, be attached, or be devoted)
- приде́рживаться verb (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree)
- прикле́иваться verb (To stick fast or cleave)
Sanskrit
2 entries- श्लिष्यति verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- स्निह्यति verb (To stick fast or cleave)
Spanish
4 entries- adherecer verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- adherirse verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- adherirse a verb (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree)
- cumplir con verb (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree)
Swedish
4 entries- fästa (vid) verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- hålla fast (vid) verb (To hold, be attached, or be devoted)
- hålla fast (vid) verb (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree)
- hålla sig till verb (To hold, be attached, or be devoted)
Telugu
1 entries- అంటుకొను verb (To stick fast or cleave)
Thai
1 entries- ติด verb (To stick fast or cleave)
Tocharian B
2 entries- trenk verb (To stick fast or cleave)
- tsu verb (To stick fast or cleave)
Welsh
1 entries- glynu verb (To stick fast or cleave)
ǃXóõ
1 entries- dtʻkxʻàba verb (To stick fast or cleave)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Wet clothes adhere to the skin.
Source: tatoeba (35842)
This glue does not adhere to plastic.
Source: tatoeba (60719)
Players must adhere to the rules of the game.
Source: tatoeba (273553)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.