Synonyms for branch
noun
A part, usually of secondary importance
tributary, outpost, chapter, member, part, office, bureau, division, subdivision, section, derivative, dependency, subsidiary, affiliate, arm, wing, classification, department, category, ramification, local office, branch office, branch factory, etc.; see also division 2.
A secondary shoot
bough, limb, offshoot, sprig, twig, sucker, scion, bud, arm, fork, growth.
See branch in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
branch arm 1fork offshoot
These nouns denote something resembling or structurally similar to a limb of a tree: a branch of a railroad; an arm of the sea; the western fork of the river; an offshoot of a mountain range.
See branch in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
Something resembling or structurally analogous to a tree branch:
arm, fork, offshoot. See partAn area of academic study that is part of a larger body of learning:
discipline, specialty. See partA local unit of a business or an auxiliary controlled by such a business:
affiliate, division, subsidiary. See partA component of government that performs a given function:
agency, arm, department, division, organ, wing. See partA part of a family, tribe, or other group, or of such a group's language, that is believed to stem from a common ancestor:
division, offshoot, subdivision. See part- (Chiefly Regional)
A small stream:
brook1, creek. (Chiefly Regional) kill2, run. See dry
verb
To separate into branches or branchlike parts.
Also used with out: bifurcate, diverge, divide, fork, ramify, subdivide. See part
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