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, association

   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, association, 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. Beth Thielen:

   And I think what has drawn people's attention is that this seems to be happening more frequently, and there does seem to be this association with adenovirus -- not every child, but there does seem to be a larger percentage of these cases that do seem to be associated with adenovirus.

2. James Sejvar:

   Of course, the remaining question is 'Why?' why does Zika virus appear to have the strong association with GBS and potential other immune/inflammatory diseases of the nervous system?

3. Giuseppe Mazzini:

   The republic, as I at least understand it, means association, of which liberty is only an element, a necessary antecedent. It means association, a new philosophy of life, a divine Ideal that shall move the world, the only means of regeneration vouchsafed to the human race.

4. Patty Long:

   We are aware that several prominent brands that are members of The Plastics Industry Association have been targeted by a persistent Greenpeace USA Oceans Campaign activist campaign to pressure them to leave our association.

5. Albin Kurti:

   I pointed the pepper spray at the prime minister and the government because they created the 'association', the police just happened to be in the wrong place.