Adhere

/ædˈhɪə/

Synonyms for "adhere" (184 found)

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Closest matches (37)

Verb(18 words)

cling stick bond cleave coherestand byabide abides adhered agglutinated attachbelieve inbindcarry out a plancemented chemisorb cleaved cleaves

abide agglomerate bunch cement clasp cleave

Adjective(1 words)

abiding

Noun(12 words)

actsadh...agglutinateanimal care practicebe directed bybe observed closelybond to earthbonded with gluebonds cementing cements cleaving

Strong matches (55)

Noun(19 words)

cleft clinging clove clutches clutchingcoding standards conformancecolonizing complying conformingconsistently observeddanish contract law compliancedecals dietingelectrostatic bondenduring social bondepoxies epoxyingfollow examplefollowing study

clinch clingcling toclot cluster coagulate coalesce cohere combinecome togethercommunicate congeal conglomerate connect converge embracefreeze to

Verb(19 words)

clings clung clutched coheredcomply with standardconform conformed conforms conglutinatedanish følgeepoxyed fasten focus followfollow the schedulefollowed glue glued glueing

Related words (92)

Noun(39 words)

glues gluing gum gums heed hewing hunkers interfaceskeep plankikladheslaboratory practicelaminates latchingmaintain weekly patternnormsnote organization protocolobeyingobservation based studyobserve the rulesobserve weekly pattern

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paste pastes pasting practicepractice nationality adjectivesrespectrespect for othersrespecting seamingstay positionsticker insertstickingsticking to plansticks sticktight suctions superglue toes tows

graspgrow togetherhanghang onhang togetherholdhold onhold togetherhug intercommunicate join knit link mass meet merge mire persist set solidify

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staystay putstickstick togethertake hold ofunite

Verb(25 words)

gummed hearkens hewedhold fasthonor commitmentshug huggedkeep tokeep to timetablelaminated obeyobey instructionsobey lawsobeys observes pasted seamedstick bystick tostick together

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stick withstuck support tapeduse a template

Adjective(2 words)

observed behavioral patternstatic views

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More general

25 entries

adjoin adopt agree attach believecarry outcheck contact correspond espouse fit followfollow outfollow throughfollow upgibe

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More specific

6 entries

advocate defendfollow protocolglueobey policypaste

Collocations

6 entries

adhere tocling tocomply withfollow ruleskeep tostick to

Inflections

3 entries

adhered adheres adhering

Derivations

2 entries

adherence adherent

similar

8 entries

bind bond cleave cling coherehold faststickstick to

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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There will be chaos unless we all adhere to the rules.

Source: tatoeba (32181)

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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