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. Charles Jones:

   You are the same today that you are going to be in five years from now except for two things the people with whom you associate and the books you read.

2. Baron Hill:

   I have enjoyed my time in public service in the legislature and Congress, and have always been a fighter for Hoosiers, now, more than ever, with wages stagnating and the tools we associate with upward mobility, like the cost of college, spiraling out of reach for too many families, ... Therefore, I will strongly consider a bid for the U.S. Senate, and will spend the next coming days in serious discussion with my wife and my daughters, and make a decision soon.

3. Thomas Davidson:

   Associate with the noblest people you can find read the best books live with the mighty. But learn to be happy alone. Rely upon your own energies, and so do not wait for, or depend on other people.

4. George Washington:

   Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.

5. Edmund Burke:

   When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.