What are some opposite words for associate?

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

This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term associate.

Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. associateverb

    Antonyms:
    disassociate

    Synonyms:
    join

  2. associateverb

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

    He is an associate editor.

    Antonyms:
    disassociate

    Synonyms:
    join

  3. associateverb

    A companion; a comrade.

    He is an associate member of the club.

    Antonyms:
    disassociate

    Synonyms:
    join

  4. associateverb

    Following or accompanying; concomitant.

    Antonyms:
    disassociate

    Synonyms:
    join

  5. associateverb

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

    Antonyms:
    disassociate

    Synonyms:
    join

  6. associateverb

    To connect in the mind or imagination

    Antonyms:
    disassociate

    Synonyms:
    join

  7. associateverb

    To endorse.

    Synonyms:
    join

    Antonyms:
    disassociate

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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.

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

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. associate

    Antonyms:
    rival, alien, foe, antagonist

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

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. associatenoun

    a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor

    "he had to consult his associate before continuing"

    Antonyms:
    dominant, decouple, dissociate

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

  2. companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associatenoun

    a friend who is frequently in the company of another

    "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

    Antonyms:
    dominant, dissociate, decouple

    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, buster, companion, fellow traveler

  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"

    Antonyms:
    dominant, dissociate, decouple

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

  4. associatenoun

    any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another

    "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"

    Antonyms:
    dominant, dissociate, decouple

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

  5. associate degree, associateadjective

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

    Antonyms:
    dominant, decouple, dissociate

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

  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"

    Antonyms:
    dominant, dissociate, decouple

    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, refer, tie in, touch base, concern, plug into

  8. consort, associate, affiliate, assortverb

    keep company with; hang out with

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

    Antonyms:
    dominant, decouple, dissociate

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

  9. consociate, associateverb

    bring or come into association or action

    "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"

    Antonyms:
    dominant, decouple, dissociate

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  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

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. Edwin Shuker:

    They are not moving back from anywhere; they are simply more comfortable to reveal a Jewish connection, this is the oldest Jewish community in the world that has managed to keep its identity in exile. People who are of Jewish descent have now been more willing to associate themselves with the Jewish heritage.

  3. Wolf Blitzer:

    To this day, 25 years later here in the United States or indeed around the world, people always come up to me: 'Oh I remember the Gulf War. I remember what you were doing,' they still associate me with those months of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, and it's a source of pride to me that I quote 'became famous' covering that war.

  4. Sara Alfageeh:

    We tend to associate sharp corners and edges with evil, and rounded designs and circles with good, this character is a gentle giant, so I wanted to make sure that even with his size he was shaped like a friend.

  5. Angela Merkel:

    I am happy that Germany has become a country that many people outside of Germany now associate with hope, this is something to cherish when you look back at our history.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#2475associate
#4784enemy
#5966alien
#7834dominant
#9071opponent
#9366stranger
#11080rival
#20381foe
#27459antagonist
#93332dissociate
#98193decouple
#124547opposer
#125734disassociate
#331893hinderer

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