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associate

/əˈsoʊʃi.ət/noun, verb, adjective4 syllables

Associate means: make a logical or causal connection.

Synonyms for associate29

noun, as in a friend who is frequently in the company of another

companion, comrade, fellow, familiar

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

associate degree

verb, as in make a logical or causal connection

tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect

verb, as in keep company with; hang out with

consort, affiliate, assort

verb, as in bring or come into association or action

consociate

adjective, as in having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status

subordinate, low-level

also used for associate

adjunct, business partner, cohort, colaborer /colabourer, collaborator, colleague, compeer, confrere, coworker /co-worker, jobmate, workfellow, workmate

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Opposites of associate

dissociate

What does associate mean?9

verb

1

make a logical or causal connection“I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind”

2

keep company with; hang out with“He associates with strange people”

3

bring or come into association or action“The churches consociated to fight their dissolution”

noun

1

a friend who is frequently in the company of another“drinking companions”

2

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

3

a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor“he had to consult his associate before continuing”

4

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”

5

any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another“first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate”

adjective

1

having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status“an associate member”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Associate in a sentence

  • If you only associate with your own kind, your ideas will never expand.unknown
  • I'm a professor, or rather an associate professor, to be exact.darinmex
  • You had better not associate with those men.Zifre
  • I have no intention of continuing to associate with scoundrels like you.Dejo
  • My sister doesn't wish to associate with them.CM
  • Everyone has the right to assemble and associate freely.Nylez
  • My culture does not associate sexuality with poverty.nonong
  • Don't associate yourself with people that give up easily.cypherpartiv

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Forms of associate

as a noun

plural
associates

as a verb

past tense
associated
present participle
associating
third-person singular
associates