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, 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 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, 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, 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, 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. Ernest Shaw:

   One of the worst things you can do as a teacher is call a child by their full name, they don't associate with it. They know each other by their nicknames and the names they've earned.

2. 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.

3. Elisha Kay [hilo]:

   I'd rather be a loner than associate with fake people.

4. Adam Hashem:

   I was at the gym yesterday while the shooting was taking place and all the TVs were showing that footage and all I could keep thinking to myself is 'God, I hope they don't have any Eastern descent, not just Middle Eastern, anything we'd associate with a Muslim', we're all worried. We're all concerned.

5. Erykah Badu:

   They gave me an associate producer's role this year.