Synonyms for association
əˌsoʊ siˈeɪ ʃən, -ʃi-as·so·ci·a·tion

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1. association

   We speak of an alliance of nations, a club of pleasure-seekers, a community of Shakers, a company of soldiers or of friends, a confederacy, confederation, federation, or union of separate states under one general government, a partnership or company of business men, a conjunction of planets. The whole body of Freemasons constitute a fraternity; one of their local organizations is called a lodge. A corporation or company is formed for purposes of business; an association or society (tho also incorporated) is for learning, literature, benevolence, religion, etc. Compare ASSOCIATE; ACQUAINTANCE; FRIENDSHIP.

   Synonyms:
   alliance, club, community, companionship, company, confederacy, confederation, conjunction, connection, corporation, familiarity, federation, fellowship, fraternity, friendship, lodge, participation, partnership, society, union

   Antonyms:
   disintegration, independence, isolation, separation, solitude

   Preposition:
   An association of scholars for the advancement of knowledge; association with the good is ennobling.

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1. association

   Synonyms:
   union, connection, conjunction, contortment, companionship, alliance, familiarity, community, membership, society, company, denomination, partnership, fellowship, fraternity, friendship

   Antonyms:
   disunion, disconnection, estrangement, separation, severance, independence, avoidance, disruption, dismemberment, solitude, individuality

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1. associationnoun

   a formal organization of people or groups of people

   "he joined the Modern Language Association"

   Synonyms:
   tie, affiliation, connexion, tie-up, connection

   Antonyms:
   disassociation

2. associationnoun

   the act of consorting with or joining with others

   "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"

   Synonyms:
   tie, affiliation, connexion, tie-up, connection

   Antonyms:
   disassociation

3. associationnoun

   the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination

   "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break"

   Synonyms:
   tie, affiliation, connexion, tie-up, connection

   Antonyms:
   disassociation

4. association, connection, connexionnoun

   the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

   "conditioning is a form of learning by association"

   Synonyms:
   connection, tie-up, link, tie, connexion, connecter, affiliation, connector, connective, connectedness, joining

   Antonyms:
   disassociation

5. affiliation, association, tie, tie-upnoun

   a social or business relationship

   "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"

   Synonyms:
   crosstie, tie-up, standoff, sleeper, stand, linkup, necktie, connexion, tie, draw, tie-in, affiliation, standstill, link, connection, railroad tie, tie beam

   Antonyms:
   disassociation

6. associationnoun

   a relation resulting from interaction or dependence

   "flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear"; "the host is not always injured by association with a parasite"

   Synonyms:
   tie, affiliation, connexion, tie-up, connection

   Antonyms:
   disassociation

7. associationnoun

   (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding

   Synonyms:
   tie, affiliation, connexion, tie-up, connection

   Antonyms:
   disassociation

8. associationnoun

   (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species

   Synonyms:
   tie, affiliation, connexion, tie-up, connection

   Antonyms:
   disassociation

Matched Categories

1. • Chemical Process
   • Chemistry
   • Ecology
   • Group
   • Memory
   • Organization
   • Relation
   • Social Activity
   • Union

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1. associationnoun

   Synonyms:
   union, connection, conjunction, combination

2. associationnoun

   Synonyms:
   society, fraternity, partnership, copartnership, sodality, company, band, corporation, body, guild, firm, house, confederacy, confederation, LODGE, club, COTERIE, CLIQUE, joint concern

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1. associationnoun

   Synonyms:
   affiliation, connection, intimacy, conjunction, combination, participation, collaboration, collusion, coöperation, coadjuvancy, fraternity, sodality, syndicate, confraternity, league, corporation, guild

   Antonyms:
   disassociation, disconnection

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1. List of paraphrases for "association":

   partnership, 'association, associations, asociación, associação, associazione, combination, vereniging, adpl, link, associating, ftu, assocation, society, league, hkispa, iarf, asean, conjunction, federation, assn, wja, naacp

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1. Rita McGrath:

   There's a comfort in the familiar, once you got something like that that sticks, people are reluctant to change because of the brand association.

2. Oakland Education Association:

   Oakland Education Association's Oakland Education Association for the( school) district to listen now. They forced us to this moment to strike.

3. Ashley Judd:

   International Association for Suicide Prevention is the level of catastrophe of what was going on inside of her, because the barrier between the regard in which they held her couldn't penetrate into her heart and the lie the disease told her was so convincing.

4. Stephen Curry:

   National Basketball Association was National Basketball Association from the beginning. We had two other chances already and haven't gotten it done, we have 48 minutes to do it, so if we come up short we ’ll all be very, very, very disappointed.

5. Erikka Loftfield:

   Since the majority of coffee drinkers in our study primarily drank caffeinated coffee, we had better statistical power to detect an association for caffeinated than for decaffeinated coffee drinking.