Inf. right next to, Inf. next door to. connection, n. 1. union, junction, conjunction, juncture, conjuncture, conjugation, marriage, Inf. hookup; unification, accouplement, joinder; juxtaposition, collocation; joining, linking, uniting, binding, bonding, splicing, yoking; connecting, conjoining, coupling; meeting, edging, bordering, skirting, abutting.
2. intersection, nexus, connexus, point of union or contact; focus, focal point, focalization; coalescence, confluence; abutment, abuttal.
3. coherence, cohesion, adherence, adhesion; congruity, congruence, congruousness, harmony, harmoniousness, conformity, uniformity, consistency, connectedness; relevance, relevancy, pertinence, germaneness, applicability, appositeness; affinity, rapport.
4. link, tie, bond, knot, yoke; coupler, coupling, connective; joint, joiner, articulation, commissure; pivot, hinge, elbow, knee, dovetail joint, rabbet, rabbet joint; linkage, concatenation, chain; seam, suture, welt; clamp, clasp, latch, buckle, clip.
5. association, affiliation, relationship, relatedness, tie-in; attachment, dependence, mutual dependence.
6. merger, amalgamation, consolidation, incorporation; alliance, league, federation, confederation, bund, entente, combination; society, order, fraternity, sorority; cabal, conspiracy; coterie, set, circle, clique, cluster, Inf. bunch, Inf. gang, Inf. team, Inf. crew.
7. context, contextual relation, reference, frame of reference, bearing, Archaic, concernment.
8. relative, relation, blood relation, kinsman, sibling, sib, agnate, cognate; family, kin, kith and kin, kinsfolk, people, flesh and blood, Inf. folks; in-law, relative-in-law; kinship, relationship, blood relationship, consanguinity, family tie.
9. Slang. (all of commerce in narcotics) source, contact, SI. main man; SI. pusher, SI. dealer.
10. Usu.
connections pull, in, contacts; contact,
go-between, middleman, intermediary, medium, friend at court.
11. sexual intercourse, sexual commerce or union or congress, sex, intercourse, mating; intimacy, carnal knowledge, sexual or marital relations, sleeping together or with; copulation, coitus, coition, Archaic, venery, sex act, act of love.
connivance, n. 1. overlooking or purposely overlooking, ignoring, disregarding, paying no regard or heed to, paying no attention to, taking no notice or
note of, being blind to, turning a blind eye to, closing
or shutting one's eyes to, looking the other way, pretending not to notice, blinking the fact, winking or blinking at, feigning ignorance, hearing nothing, not hearing a word, Inf. taking, Inf. paying no mind or heed to; making light of, passing over, glossing over, letting pass, Inf. letting it go.
2. condoning, allowing for, making allowances for, being indulgent; suffering, countenancing, enduring, tolerating, bearing, bearing with, brooking, stomaching, putting up with, standing for; pardoning, excusing, forgiving, remitting, letting off.
3. conspiring, colluding, intriguing, plotting; (all in criminal activity) lending oneself to, being a party to, privately consenting, having a finger in the pie, Inf. being on the take; (all in criminal activity) interacting, coacting, interfacing, synergizing, combining, cooperating, collaborating, working together or in unison or side by side, acting jointly or in concert.
4. implied consent, tacit consent or approval or encouragement, secret approval, allowance, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, condonation or secret condonation; voluntary oversight, pretended ignorance; collusion, complicity, conspiracy, intrigue, corridor intrigue, jobbery, playing politics, Chiefly U.S. Pol.