annex

Meaning

Noun

1. An addition, an extension.
2. An appendix to a book or document.
3. An addition or extension to a building.
4. An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighbouring country or state, normally by military force.

Verb

1. To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate.
2. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.
3. To join; to be united.

Synonyms

add

attach

supplement

append

extension

attachment

annexe

appendix

join

combine

affix

appendage

addition

wing

🪽

outbuilding

associate

connect

unite

extend

subjoin

addendum

adjoining building

appropriate

ascribe

bring together

build on

colligate

enclosure

joint

link

🔗

link up

merge

piece

relate

absorb

tack

unify

subsidiary building

auxiliary building

annexe

engraft

engulf

enlarge

attached

association

follower

following

fuse

gobble up

grow

hook up

immingle

inclusion

increase

integrate

interconnect

assimilate

adjoin

knit

weld

adject

yoke

miter

mix

mix with

multiply

new building

affiliation

outhouse

annexure

piggyback

place

pool

pull-out

pull together

put

put through

put together

rebate

reinforce

detached office

seize

splice

string

🪢

string up

totalise

suffix

summate

affiliate

supporter

accessory building

tag

take possession of

tee

tessellate

threshold

tie

tie in

bridge

totalize

twin

close

coalesce

additional building

bond

comfit

complect

compound

conjoin

bind

conquer

couple

👫

couple on

union

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈænɛks/

Etymology

Borrowed from French annexe, from Latin annexus. More at Etymology 2.

Sentences

The psychiatric unit also operates out of this Annex .

The architect for the annex was Bostonian Charles Brigham .