Synonyms for associate
əˈsoʊ ʃiˌeɪt, -si-; -ɪt, -ˌeɪtas·so·ciate

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1. associateverb

   Synonyms:
   join

   Antonyms:
   disassociate

2. associateverb

   A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or colleague.

   He is an associate editor.

   Synonyms:
   join

   Antonyms:
   disassociate

3. associateverb

   A companion; a comrade.

   He is an associate member of the club.

   Synonyms:
   join

   Antonyms:
   disassociate

4. associateverb

   Following or accompanying; concomitant.

   Synonyms:
   join

   Antonyms:
   disassociate

5. associateverb

   A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.

   Synonyms:
   join

   Antonyms:
   disassociate

6. associateverb

   To connect in the mind or imagination

   Synonyms:
   join

   Antonyms:
   disassociate

7. associateverb

   To endorse.

   Synonyms:
   join

   Antonyms:
   disassociate

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1. associate

   An associate as used officially implies a chief, leader, or principal, to whom the associate is not fully equal in rank. Associate is popularly used of mere friendly relations, but oftener implies some work, enterprise, or pursuit in which the associated persons unite. We rarely speak of associates in crime or wrong, using confederates or accomplices instead. Companion gives itself with equal readiness to the good or evil sense, as also does comrade. One may be a companion in travel who would not readily become an associate at home. A lady advertises for a companion; she would not advertise for an associate. Peer implies equality rather than companionship; as, a jury of his peers. Comrade expresses more fellowship and good feeling than companion. Fellow has almost gone out of use in this connection, except in an inferior or patronizing sense. Consort is a word of equality and dignity, as applied especially to the marriage relation. Compare ACCESSORY; ACQUAINTANCE; FRIENDSHIP.

   Synonyms:
   accomplice, ally, chum, coadjutor, colleague, companion, comrade, confederate, consort, fellow, friend, helpmate, mate, partner, peer

   Antonyms:
   antagonist, enemy, foe, hinderer, opponent, opposer, rival, stranger

   Preposition:
   These were the associates of the leader in the enterprise.

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1. associate

   Synonyms:
   companion, friend, ally, coadjutor, consort, helpmate, comrade, partner

   Antonyms:
   rival, alien, foe, antagonist

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1. associatenoun

   a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor

   "he had to consult his associate before continuing"

   Synonyms:
   comrade, fellow, companion, familiar, associate degree

   Antonyms:
   dominant, decouple, dissociate

2. companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associatenoun

   a friend who is frequently in the company of another

   "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

   Synonyms:
   brother, dude, boyfriend, feller, mate, lad, bloke, associate degree, beau, young man, blighter, familiar, gent, confrere, colleague, swain, cuss, fella, fellow traveller, familiar spirit, chap, comrade, fellow, associate, buster, companion, fellow traveler

   Antonyms:
   dominant, dissociate, decouple

3. associatenoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   comrade, fellow, companion, familiar, associate degree

   Antonyms:
   dominant, dissociate, decouple

4. associatenoun

   any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another

   "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"

   Synonyms:
   comrade, fellow, companion, familiar, associate degree

   Antonyms:
   dominant, dissociate, decouple

5. associate degree, associateadjective

   a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies

   Synonyms:
   familiar, comrade, fellow, companion, associate, associate degree

   Antonyms:
   dominant, decouple, dissociate

6. associate(a)verb

   having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status

   "an associate member"; "an associate professor"

   Antonyms:
   dominant, dissociate, decouple

7. associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connectverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   plug in, assort, connect, unite, consociate, touch, get in touch, consort, have-to doe with, subsume, tie, link up, touch on, affiliate, bear on, join, come to, relate, link, colligate, yoke, interrelate, pertain, associate, refer, tie in, touch base, concern, plug into

   Antonyms:
   dominant, dissociate, decouple

8. consort, associate, affiliate, assortverb

   keep company with; hang out with

   "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"

   Synonyms:
   assort, harmonize, run, consociate, accord, classify, consort, connect, fit in, link up, agree, affiliate, sort out, concord, relate, link, colligate, class, sort, associate, separate, tie in, harmonise

   Antonyms:
   dominant, decouple, dissociate

9. consociate, associateverb

   bring or come into association or action

   "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"

   Synonyms:
   link, affiliate, tie in, colligate, relate, connect, consociate, assort, associate, consort, link up

   Antonyms:
   dominant, decouple, dissociate

Matched Categories

1. • Accompaniment
   • Friend
   • Peer
   • Subordinate

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1. associateverb

   Synonyms:
   join, conjoin, unite, connect, combine, affiliate, yoke, couple, link, bring into close relation

2. associateverb

   Synonyms:
   fraternize, sort, consort, keep company, be in familiar intercourse

3. associatenoun

   Synonyms:
   companion, mate, fellow, yoke-fellow, comrade, peer, compeer, follower, CONSORT

4. associatenoun

   Synonyms:
   partner, copartner, coadjutor, COLLEAGUE, confederate, ally

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1. associatenoun

   Synonyms:
   companion, intimate, mate, fellow, consort, comrade, yoke-fellow, chum, crony, compeer, colleague, confrère, partner, collaborator, coöperator

2. associateverb

   Synonyms:
   join, connect, affiliate, fraternize, consort, hobnob

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1. List of paraphrases for "associate":

   associated, partner, delegate, assistant, deputy, delegated, associates, associés, aggregated, associating, partners, aggregate, involved, associé, sub-degree, involve, prospective, related

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How to use associate in a sentence?

1. Charles Horton Cooley:

   It is partly to avoid consciousness of greed that we prefer to associate with those who are at least as greedy as we ourselves. Those who consume much less are a reproach.

2. Dr Jaffe:

   People might not associate radio waves with carrying energy.

3. Derek Hudson:

   Hugh Hefner was identified as the face of Playboy for decades. Even though he’s gone and the family is not involved, these allegations in the consumer’s mind is that they associate him with the brand.

4. David Sing:

   The way we are going to do that is to look for gases in the atmosphere and associate those with conditions of life, in order to do that, we are going to have to compare many different planets to really understand what is going on.

5. White House:

   Text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok andLisa Pagein 2016 that were obtained by Fox News on Tuesday refer to then-candidate Donald Trump as a ‘loathsome human’ and ‘an idiot.’ More than 10,000 texts between Strzok and Page were being reviewed by the Justice Department after Strzok was removed from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe after it was revealed that some of them contained anti-Trump content. The messages were sent during the 2016 campaign and contain discussions about various candidates. … House Intelligence Committee investigators have long regarded Strzok as a key figure in the chain of events that began when the bureau, in 2016, received the infamous anti-Trump ‘dossier’ and launched a counterintelligence investigation into Russian meddling in the election that ultimately came to encompass FISA surveillance of a Trump campaign associate.