apposition - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for apposition , a list of similar words for apposition from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

the act of positioning close together (or side by side)

Synonyms

• apposition
• collocation
• juxtaposition

More generic

• emplacement
• locating
• location
• placement
• position
• positioning

More specific

• tessellation

Noun

(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material

Synonyms

• apposition

More generic

• development
• growing
• growth
• maturation
• ontogenesis
• ontogeny

Noun

a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows

Synonyms

• apposition

More generic

• limiting
• modification
• qualifying

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