'associate' definitions:
Definition of 'associate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor"
noun
A person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor; "he had to consult his associate before continuing"
noun
A friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn: companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate]
noun
A person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise; "associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners"
noun
Any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"
noun
A degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies [syn: associate degree, associate]
verb
Make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect] [ant: decouple, dissociate]
verb
Keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" [syn: consort, associate, affiliate, assort]
verb
Bring or come into association or action; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution" [syn: consociate, associate]
Synonyms of 'associate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abettor,
- accessory,
- accompany,
- accomplice,
- accord,
- accouple,
- accumulate,
- ace,
- acquaintance,
- act in concert,
- act together,
- affiliate,
- affiliate with,
- affiliated,
- affiliation,
- agglutinate,
- agree,
- alliance,
- allied,
- ally,
- alter ego,
- amalgamate,
- amass,
- amigo,
- analogon,
- analogue,
- appearance,
- apply,
- articulate,
- assemble,
- assistant,
- assistant professor,
- associate,
- associate professor,
- associate with,
- associated,
- association,
- assort with,
- attend,
- axis,
- band,
- band together,
- be acquainted with,
- be friends,
- be in cahoots,
- be in league,
- be inseparable,
- bedfellow,
- bedmate,
- belonger,
- bind,
- blend,
- bloc,
- bond,
- bosom buddy,
- bracket,
- bridge,
- bridge over,
- brother,
- brother-in-arms,
- brotherhood,
- buddy,
- bunch,
- bunch up,
- bunkie,
- bunkmate,
- butty,
- cabal,
- cahoots,
- camarade,
- card-carrier,
- card-carrying member,
- cardholder,
- cement,
- cement a union,
- centralize,
- chain,
- chamberfellow,
- charter member,
- chum,
- chum together,
- chum with,
- circuit,
- clap together,
- classmate,
- clique,
- clique with,
- close copy,
- close match,
- club,
- club together,
- clubber,
- clubman,
- clubwoman,
- coact,
- coaction,
- coadunate,
- coalesce,
- coalition,
- cognate,
- cohort,
- coincide,
- collaborate,
- collaboration,
- collaborator,
- colleague,
- collect,
- collude,
- comate,
- combination,
- combine,
- come into,
- come together,
- committeeman,
- companion,
- company,
- compatriot,
- compeer,
- complement,
- comprise,
- comrade,
- concatenate,
- concert,
- concomitant,
- concord,
- concur,
- confederate,
- conference,
- confidant,
- confidante,
- confrere,
- congenator,
- congener,
- conglobulate,
- congress,
- conjoin,
- conjugate,
- conjunction,
- connect,
- connect with,
- connection,
- connive,
- connotation,
- consociate,
- consolidate,
- consort,
- consort with,
- conspire,
- conventioneer,
- conventioner,
- conventionist,
- conviviality,
- cooperate,
- cooperation,
- coordinate,
- copartner,
- copulate,
- correlate,
- correlative,
- correspond,
- correspondent,
- cotton to,
- counterpart,
- couple,
- couple with,
- cover,
- creep in,
- crony,
- do business with,
- draw a parallel,
- dues-paying member,
- embrace,
- emeritus,
- encompass,
- enlist,
- enlistee,
- enroll,
- enrollee,
- enter,
- equate,
- equivalent,
- faction,
- familiar,
- fantasy,
- federalize,
- federate,
- federation,
- fellow,
- fellow student,
- fellowship,
- flock together,
- fraternity,
- fraternity man,
- fraternize,
- fraternize with,
- friend,
- fuse,
- gaiety,
- gang,
- gang up,
- gather,
- get heads together,
- get into,
- get together,
- girl friend,
- glue,
- go along with,
- go in partners,
- go in partnership,
- go into,
- go partners,
- go with,
- gossip,
- Greek,
- guild,
- guildsman,
- hang around with,
- hang out with,
- hang together,
- happen together,
- harmonize,
- herd together,
- hint,
- hit it off,
- hobnob with,
- hold together,
- honorary member,
- hook up,
- hook up with,
- hookup,
- identify,
- illusion,
- image,
- implication,
- include,
- initiate,
- insider,
- instructor,
- interest,
- interrelate,
- intimate,
- join,
- join forces,
- join fortunes with,
- join in,
- join in fellowship,
- join together,
- join up,
- join up with,
- join with,
- joiner,
- joviality,
- keep company with,
- keep together,
- kindred spirit,
- knot,
- know,
- lay together,
- league,
- league together,
- league with,
- leaguer,
- lecturer,
- life member,
- like,
- likeness,
- link,
- loop,
- lump together,
- machine,
- make common cause,
- marry,
- marshal,
- mass,
- match,
- mate,
- member,
- merge,
- messmate,
- mingle,
- mingle with,
- mirage,
- mix,
- mix with,
- mobilize,
- near duplicate,
- obverse,
- old crony,
- one of us,
- order,
- organization,
- organize,
- overtone,
- pair,
- pair off,
- pal,
- pal up with,
- pal with,
- parallel,
- parallelize,
- pard,
- pardner,
- partner,
- partnership,
- pendant,
- picture,
- piece together,
- play ball,
- playfellow,
- playmate,
- pledge,
- professor,
- professor emeritus,
- pull together,
- put heads together,
- put together,
- reader,
- reciprocal,
- reciprocate,
- relate,
- relativize,
- retired professor,
- ring,
- roll into one,
- roommate,
- run in couples,
- run with,
- schoolfellow,
- schoolmate,
- second self,
- secondary,
- sect,
- see,
- shipmate,
- side partner,
- sidekick,
- sign on,
- sign up,
- similitude,
- simulacrum,
- sister,
- sneak in,
- sociability,
- society,
- socius,
- sodality,
- solder,
- sorority girl,
- sorority woman,
- sort with,
- soul mate,
- span,
- splice,
- stand together,
- stand up with,
- stick together,
- subsidiary,
- such,
- suchlike,
- suggestion,
- sympathizer,
- synchronize,
- synergize,
- take in,
- take out membership,
- take up membership,
- take up with,
- tally,
- tape,
- team up,
- team up with,
- team with,
- teammate,
- teamwork,
- the like of,
- the likes of,
- throw in together,
- throw in with,
- tie,
- tie in,
- tie in with,
- tie up,
- tie up with,
- tie-up,
- togetherness,
- tutor,
- twin,
- undertone,
- unify,
- union,
- unionize,
- unite,
- unite efforts,
- unite with,
- vision,
- visiting professor,
- wait on,
- wed,
- weld,
- wheel,
- wing,
- work together,
- workfellow,
- yoke,
- yokefellow,
- yokemate
Words containing 'associate'
- associability,
- associable,
- associableness,
- associated,
- association,
- associational,
- associative,
- Association of ideas,
- associate degree,
- associate in arts,
- associate in nursing,
- associate professor,
- associated state,
- association area,
- association cortex,
- association football,
- association of orangemen,
- association theory,
- associative aphasia,
- free association,
- guilt by association,
- press association,
- professional association,
- associate in applied science,
- free-associate,
- international development association,
- national association of realtors,
- national rifle association,
- national volunteers association,
- savings and loan association,
- ulster defence association,
- world tamil association,
- Federal National Mortgage Association,
- Young Men's Christian Association,
- Young Women's Christian Association,
- association for the advancement of retired persons,
- association of islamic groups and communities,
- association of southeast asian nations,
- international association of lions clubs,
- national association of securities dealers automated quotations