attachment

noun

1. a feeling of affection for a person or an institution

   Synonyms

   • fond regard

   Less specific

   • affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia

2. a supplementary part or accessory

   Less specific

   • addition, add-on, improver

   More specific

   • hood, lens hood

3. a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding

   Less specific

   • writ, judicial writ

4. a connection that fastens things together

   Synonyms

   • bond

   Less specific

   • connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective

   More specific

   • ligament

5. faithful support for a cause or political party or religion; “attachment to a formal agenda”; “adherence to a fat-free diet”; “the adhesion of Seville was decisive”

   Synonyms

   • adherence, adhesion

   Less specific

   • support

   More specific

   • ecclesiasticism, kabbalism, cabalism, royalism, traditionalism

6. the act of attaching or affixing something

   Synonyms

   • affixation

   Less specific

   • combination, combining, compounding

   More specific

   • graft, grafting

7. the act of fastening things together

   Synonyms

   • fastening

   Less specific

   • joining, connection, connexion

   More specific

   • bonding, soldering, doweling, grounding, earthing, linkage, tying, ligature, welding, fixation