The phrase "holds together" refers to the ability to keep different parts or elements united, stable, or connected. The antonyms of this phrase imply the opposite, which includes the concepts of disintegration, division, or separation. Words like falls apart, breaks up, disintegrates, dissipates, disjoins, hits the rocks, collapses, and severs are the direct antonyms of "holds together." These antonyms signify the inability to keep things in one piece, often leading to chaos, instability, and misunderstanding. Therefore, it is crucial to maintain the ability to "hold together" not only things but relationships, systems, and organizations to ensure their longevity and sustainable growth.

What are the antonyms for Holds together?

• v.

  • tape
  • Unglue
  ,
  • Unstick
  ,
  • let go
  ,
  • loose
  ,
  • loosen
  ,
  • lose
  ,
  • open
  ,
  • refuse
  ,
  • release
  ,
  • unfasten
  ,
  • untape
  ,
  • untie
  .

Famous quotes with Holds together

• A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.

  Norman Cousins
• Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of the creation. It makes history possible.

  Jacques Ellul
• The great disadvantage of our present electoral system is that it freezes the pattern of politics, and holds together the incompatible because everyone assumes that if a party splits it will be electorally slaughtered.

  Roy Jenkins
• For me, it is as though at every moment the actual world had completely lost its actuality. As though there was nothing there; as though there were no foundations for anything or as though it escaped us. Only one thing, however, is vividly present: the constant tearing of the veil of appearances; the constant destruction of everything in construction. Nothing holds together, everything falls apart.

  Eugène Ionesco
• If you reject family - which a mother holds together - as well as the ties of Church and State, is there anything left for you?

  Anthony Burgess

Synonyms:

brightness, brilliance, brio, briskness, cachet, cheerfulness, chic, colour, dynamism, eagerness.