connected

adjective

Having relationships; involved with others.

Having or supporting connections, especially when through technology such as networking software or a transportation network.

(usually with "well-") : Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.

Intimate; having bonds of affection.

(Canada, US) Involved with organized crime, specifically someone not (yet) working for a crime organization, but referred to as a "friend" by made guys/wise guys inside the organization.

(mathematics, graph theory, of a graph) Having a path, either directed or undirected, connecting every pair of vertices.

(mathematics, topology, of a topological space) That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets.

Roots

nectonect- · Latin · bind, tie

Synonyms for connected

affiliatedadj linkedadj coupledadj interlinkedv affinitiveadj tiedadj associatedv relatedadj concatenatedv interlockedn

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