Synonyms for association
əˌsoʊ siˈeɪ ʃən, -ʃi-

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1. association(noun)

   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. association(noun)

   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. association(noun)

   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, connexion(noun)

   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

   Antonyms:
   disassociation

5. affiliation, association, tie, tie-up(noun)

   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, connection, railroad tie, tie beam

   Antonyms:
   disassociation

6. association(noun)

   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. association(noun)

   (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. association(noun)

   (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

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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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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

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

1. association(n.)

   Synonyms:
   union, connection, conjunction, combination

2. association(n.)

   Synonyms:
   society, fraternity, partnership, copartnership, sodality, company, band, corporation, body, guild, firm, house, confederacy, confederation, LODGE, club, COTERIE, CLIQUE, joint concern

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

1. association(n)

   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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Indian

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How to use association in a sentence?

1. Karen Bass:

   Now that doesn't excuse the fact that I know the Castro regime has been a brutal regime to its people, i know that there is not freedom of press, freedom of association.

2. Bob Pease:

   All of that hasn’t been driven by the association, but by the American beer drinker who wants something from their beer that they weren’t getting from light lager.

3. Mikey Wright:

   Culburra Beach's Culburra Beach, but the real heroes are the ones that do this day in, day out here on the North Shore, the The North Shore Lifeguard Association, they save our lives when we're surfing pipeline. They've helped my brother. They've helped me before.

4. Tim Macy:

   Gun Owners of America devised a plan to slow things down over that three-day holiday to allow us, the National Rifle Association, other gun organizations to alert their members to call in and absolutely bury the United States Senate phone lines, email access and everything else with the threat of' You're going to lose all your races if you do this,' at the end of the three-day weekend, even the Republicans in the U.S. Senate who were saying' We've got to cave on something' -- all of a sudden Gun Owners of America backbones turned into titanium.

5. Rick Jarvis:

   This would have been the 11th year of the parade. This is culturally enriched community that has grown very diverse over the years, the association has worked very hard to get everyone together in one common are and the parade helped served in that function.

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