Synonyms for associate
əˈsoʊ ʃiˌeɪt, -si-; -ɪt, -ˌeɪt

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1. associate(noun)

   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, associate(noun)

   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, buster, companion, fellow traveler

   Antonyms:
   dominant, dissociate, decouple

3. 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"

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

   Antonyms:
   dominant, dissociate, decouple

4. associate(noun)

   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, associate(adj)

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

   Synonyms:
   familiar, comrade, fellow, companion, 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, connect(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"

   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

   Antonyms:
   dominant, dissociate, decouple

8. consort, associate, affiliate, assort(verb)

   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, separate, tie in, harmonise

   Antonyms:
   dominant, decouple, dissociate

9. consociate, associate(verb)

   bring or come into association or action

   "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"

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

   Antonyms:
   dominant, decouple, dissociate

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. associate(verb)

   Synonyms:
   join

   Antonyms:
   disassociate

2. associate(verb)

   An associate's degree.

   He is an associate editor.

   Synonyms:
   join

   Antonyms:
   disassociate

3. associate(verb)

   Having partial status or privileges.

   He is an associate member of the club.

   Synonyms:
   join

   Antonyms:
   disassociate

4. associate(verb)

   Following or accompanying; concomitant.

   Synonyms:
   join

   Antonyms:
   disassociate

5. associate(verb)

   To connect or join together; combine.

   Synonyms:
   join

   Antonyms:
   disassociate

6. associate(verb)

   To connect in the mind or imagination

   Synonyms:
   join

   Antonyms:
   disassociate

7. associate(verb)

   To endorse.

   Synonyms:
   join

   Antonyms:
   disassociate

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. associate

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

   Antonyms:
   rival, alien, foe, antagonist

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. associate(v. a.)

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

2. associate(v. n.)

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

3. associate(n.)

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

4. associate(n.)

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. associate(n)

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

2. associate(v)

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

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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1. Emeasoba George:

   Genuine success is never meant to come to you or to anyone else on a platter of gold or silver. Yes! you ought to either create it yourself, work it out yourself, go for it proactively, courageously and unyieldingly or you associate with those who are already successful and who are willing to act as catalysts towards the actualization or realization of your own prospective genuine success. -Emeasoba George

2. Kristin Stewart:

   There's this really sort of polarised climate that we're living in right now, it's not hard for me to wear my politics, it shows up in the work that I do and the people I associate myself with and the conversations that I have with individual journalists, day in and day out. I like that interaction. I'm so lucky to have it.

3. John Olson:

   I didn't set out to help them, i felt this was an enormous opportunity to associate 70-year-old men with their 50-year-old photographs that shows them at 18 and hear how this time in Vietnam has affected their lives. I do believe many of these men, the time they spent together, the time talking about their experience –- it's closure.

4. Jennifer Powers:

   Going from a less equatorial altitude to a much more equatorial altitude quickly over a couple days doesn’t allow your body to habituate to the stress and that’s the kind of quick, abrupt shift we associate more with melanoma than with other skin cancer.

5. Harry Potter:

   If I was getting angsty about being recognized as Potter, or being associated with Potter I think I would waste a ton of energy like worrying about that. People are always going to associate me with it and I'm very happy about that.

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