1
as in junction
a place where two or more things are united
the coupling between two train cars
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in unification
the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one
credited with the coupling of several existing ideas into a single thesis
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
3
as in sex
sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis
the zoo announced that the giant pandas' most recent coupling was successful and that a cub was expected in March
Synonyms & Similar Words
1
as in combining
to come together to form a single unit
at Pittsburgh, the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers couple to form the Ohio
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in connecting
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole
if you couple the two extension cords, the connection should be long enough to reach the next room
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of coupling
Mikelle Street, Them., 4 Dec. 2025
The number that follows the X indicates its strength, with each step representing a coupling in power, meaning an X2 flare is twice as strong as an X1.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
For engineers, all this means coupling MLOps with DevOps by integrating retraining triggers, model validation steps and performance degradation alerts directly into deployment pipelines.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for coupling
Noun
But, while the couplings appeared to take, the red pigeon never appeared to fertilize the eggs of his new partner.
—Verb
Forcing athletes to find new affordances within various constraints makes perception-action coupling more efficient.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for coupling
Noun
-
When powered by concentrated sunlight via a triple-junction solar cell, the device produced hydrogen at a record rate of 519 micromoles per hour per square centimeter.—
-
The wet weather, combined with an earlier storm over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, was also responsible for the shuttering of all lanes on a 27-mile stretch of the 101 Freeway extending from the junction of SR1 and Highway 1 to Winchester Canyon Road in Goleta due to heavy flooding.—
Noun
-
The crossroads of the Mediterranean, it was founded by the Phoenicians and ruled by the Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, French, and Spanish before becoming part of Italy during the country’s unification in 1861.—
-
The party’s rise has come predominantly in the former communist East Germany, which has never fully caught up economically with the western part of the country since unification.—
Noun
-
The findings, from 1,592 U.S. citizens of different ages, sexes, races and incomes, were collected between Dec. 20 and Dec. 22.—
-
On his first day in office, Mr. Trump signed an executive order that declared the federal government would recognize only two immutable sexes: male and female.—
Verb
-
The album’s maximalist approach, combining an array of live instruments, VSTs, and samplers, sometimes coheres into true jams.—
-
Kenny said the challenges to combining the spaces became clear once the structure was closely examined.—
Verb
-
The neighborhood/area The hotel has a plum position on the Eendrachtsplein, a buzzy town square in the heart of the city with trams, buses, and a metro line connecting it to all corners of town.—
-
The film stars Sally Field as a widow who bonds with a giant Pacific octopus, while also connecting with a young man (Lewis Pullman) in need of direction.—
Noun
-
Three people were killed and two others were hospitalized after two vehicles collided Saturday afternoon at an intersection on the American River Parkway near North Sacramento.—
-
The neighborhood is near the intersection of Oakdale Road and Pleasant Grove Road in northwest Charlotte.—
Noun
-
SwifDoo also supports merging or splitting files, batch processing multiple documents, and converting PDFs to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and image formats.—
-
Additionally, as the district considers closing and merging schools, Cassellius said the money could support new or improved recreational facilities at schools receiving displaced students.—
Noun
-
Sellew is a bold new voice, using sharp, stylish prose to explore the hinterland of contemporary mating.—
-
One preference the females seem to have is fine sand – this is also the first to degrade in the circle, meaning the male won't reuse his masterpiece but build from scratch when another mating event requires it.—
Cite this Entry
“Coupling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coupling. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share