connective

About 4.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Serving or tending to connect; connecting.
2. noun That which connects.
3. noun A function that operates on truth values to give another truth value.
4. noun A word used to connect words, clauses and sentences, most commonly applied to conjunctions.
5. noun The tissue which connects the locules of an anthers together.
6. noun A connective tissue.

Similar words

connexion connection conjunction connector connecter conjunctive vincular syndetic fibrous linking

Often followed by

tissue tissues and is or in of words

Word family

connectively connectives