Adhere

Verb

 * 1)  To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
 * 2)  To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church.
 * 3)  To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.

Adverbs for Adhere
rigidly; tenaciously; doggedly; staunchly; passionately;  strictly; perversely; pertinaciously; scrupulously;  unflinchingly;  undeviatingly; formally; steadfastly;  stubbornly;  obstinately;  blindly;  unalterably; intractably; militantly; contentiously; cantankerously; incorrigibly; immovably; impassively; insistently;  bigotedly;  sullenly; waywardly, strenuously; religiously; moderately.

Synonyms for Adhere
stick, cling, unite, cleave, attach, fasten, join.

Antonyms for Adhere
separate, loosen, disunite, unfasten, disjoin.

Thesaurus
agglomerate; bunch; clasp; cleave; clinch; cling; cling to; clot; cluster; coagulate; cohere; combine; come together; communicate; congeal; conglomerate; connect; converge; embrace; freeze to; grasp; grow together; hang on; hang together; hold; hold on; hold together; hug; intercommunicate; join; knit; link; mass; meet; merge; persist; set; solidify; stay; stay put; stick; stick together; take hold of; unite

Alternative forms

 * adhære

Etymology
adhaerere, adhaesum; ad + haerere:: compare French adhérer

Related terms

 * adherent
 * adherence
 * cohere
 * inhere

Translations

 * Bulgarian: прилепвам, прилепвам се
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: goobok, goobok
 * Indonesian: melekat


 * Russian: приклеиваться, прилипать
 * Spanish: pegarse, adherirse
 * Swedish: fästa (vid)
 * !Xóõ: dtʻkxʻàba


 * Bulgarian: оставам верен
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: pitää kiinni


 * Russian: придерживаться, оставаться верным
 * Swedish: hålla fast (vid), hålla sig till


 * Bulgarian: спазвам, съблюдавам
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: noudattaa, pitää kiinni


 * French:
 * Spanish: adherir, cumplir
 * Swedish: hålla fast (vid), hålla sig till

Anagrams

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