Synonyms for junto


Grammar : Noun
Spell : juhn-toh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒʌn toʊ

Top 10 synonyms for junto Other synonyms for the word junto

Définition of junto

Origin :
  • 1640s, erroneous formation of junta on model of Spanish nouns ending in -o.
  • As in ring : noun group participating together
Example sentences :
  • Many of the questions he propounded to the Junto had a scientific bearing.
  • Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
  • The "Junto" appears to have been copied in England, half a century after this period.
  • Extract from : « The Printer Boy. » by William M. Thayer
  • Is there any man whose friendship you want, and which the Junto, or any of them, can procure for you?
  • Extract from : « The Printer Boy. » by William M. Thayer
  • By this junto, which met privately at Drury-house, the plot was matured.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth » by Lucy Aikin
  • The explanation of course is the selfishness or corruption of the great Whig junto.
  • Extract from : « Swift » by Leslie Stephen
  • The designs of the junto, however, were concealed as carefully as possible.
  • Extract from : « Novanglus, and Massachusettensis » by John Adams
  • Where else was there so soon a society—a junto—devoted to learning?
  • Extract from : « Our Philadelphia » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • I do not quite like your absenting yourself from that good old club, the Junto.
  • Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by Frank Luther Mott
  • Franklin was never more eclectic than when founding the Junto.
  • Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by Frank Luther Mott
  • Junto: a body of men secretly united to gain some political end.
  • Extract from : « Gulliver's Travels » by Jonathan Swift

Antonyms for junto

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