ABUTMENT Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

abutment

noun

Definition of abutment

as in juxtaposition

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as in attachment

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Recent Examples of abutment The cars slid backward and would have dropped through the opening made by the raising to the abutment of the bridge if policemen had not attracted the attention of the bridge tender by firing their revolvers. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026 In Turkey, the same procedure, including the implant, abutment, and crown, costs $450–$900. — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 24 Nov. 2025 According to the autopsy report obtained by Dateline from the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, McNeal’s tractor veered from the road, colliding with an overpass abutment, and then caught fire. — Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025 The driver lost control after striking the car, struck the bridge abutment on the right shoulder, crossed all lanes of traffic and struck the median wall, according to MSP. — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 28 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for abutment

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Noun

Unlike ghosts, vampires have physical form and can interact directly with humans; like ghosts, vampires live forever, allowing for a humorous juxtaposition of characters from many points in time in one unhappy household.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Among the show’s most consequential juxtapositions are the two monumental works that bookend the ground floor, Prince’s Folk Songs (Blasting Mats), 2006, and Jafa’s Big Wheel II, 2018.

— Tina M. Campt, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of juxtaposition

Noun

And likewise, the evidence against attachment isn’t conclusive.

— Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026
Allure editors reach for the multistyler’s oval attachment for frizz-free, va-va-voom bounce, or the dual bristle paddle brush for sleek, straight styles.

— Madison San Miguel, Allure, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of attachment

Noun

The proximity to his father was what worried Lorena Zschaber, a 40-year-old photographer, who watched the results roll in at an LGBTQ+ friendly bar in downtown Rio de Janeiro.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Ada Gens-Ustjanauskus had escaped with her Catholic mother, Elvyra, from an area in proximity to the Vilna ghetto in 1945, then traveled with other survivors associated with the Ex-Concentration Camp Orchestra.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of proximity

Noun

Rather than waiting on a single large installation or a utility interconnection timeline, capacity is added container by container as each phase of production comes online.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory reports that, in regions with available data, the median time from an interconnection request to commercial operation exceeded five years for projects built in 2025.

— Zev Laine, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of interconnection

Noun

In November 2025, regulators issued violations to contractors there for using equipment during a pipeline pressure test that is prohibited within 1,000 feet of a school, of which there are three in the immediate vicinity.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
According to the National Weather Service, evacuations were underway for hotels in the vicinity along Black Horse Pike in New Jersey earlier this morning.

— Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of vicinity

Noun

What all three films have in common, aside from various intersections and overlaps in their stories, is their repositioning of tech billionaires as the new screen villains.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
County officials said the intersection meets the criteria for a traffic signal based on peak-hour traffic conditions.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of intersection

Noun

The final moments, the story’s famous articulation of human agency and good versus evil, land with crushing loveliness.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
The suspension is smooth on road and capable off, with generous wheel articulation, with 24 inches of fording ability.

— Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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