Associate

//əˈsəʊʃieɪt//

Synonyms for "associate" (545 found)

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Closest matches (109)

companion consociate consort join abettor accessory accompany accompanying accomplice accord accouple accumulate ace acquaintance act in concert act together address affiliate affiliate with affiliated

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Verb(10 words)

connect link accouple affiliate affix assemble assort attach bewed bind

Noun(4 words)

fellow adjunct associate degree business partner

Strong matches (164)

clap together classmate cleave clique clique with close copy close match club club together clubber clubman clubwoman cluster coact coaction coadjutor coadunate coalesce coalition cognate

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cohere cohort coincide coincident collaborate collaboration collaborator collateral colleague collect collective collude comate combination combine combined combining come into come together committeeman company compare compatriot compeer complement compound comprise comrade concatenate concert concerted concomitant concord concordant concrete concur concurrent confederate conference confidant confidante confrere congenator congener conglobulate congress conjoin conjoint conjugate conjunction connect connect with connected connection connive connotation consolidate consort with conspire conventioneer conventioner conventionist conviviality cooperate cooperation cooperative coordinate copartner copulate corporate correlate correlated correlative correspond correspondent cotton to counterpart couple couple with coupled cover creep in crony do business with draw a parallel dues-paying member embrace emeritus encompass enlist enlistee enroll enrollee enter equate equivalent faction familiar fantasy federalize federate federated federation fellow fellow student fellowship flock together fraternity fraternity man fraternize fraternize with friend fuse gaiety gang gang up gather

Verb(14 words)

clasp clinch colligate combine conglomerate conglutinate conjoin consociate consort construct couple entwine fay fix

Noun(13 words)

cohort colaborer /colabourer collaborator colleague companion compeer comrade confrere consociate coworker coworker /co-worker employee familiar

Related words (272)

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harmonious harmonize helper henchman herd together hint hit it off hobnob with hold together honorary member hook up hook up with hookup identify illusion image implicate implicated implication in cahoots in league in with include initiate insider instructor interest interlinked interlocked interrelate interrelated interweave intimate involved join forces join fortunes with join in join in fellowship join together join up join up with join with joined joiner joviality keep company with keep together kindred spirit knot knotted know lay together league league together league with leagued leaguer lecturer life member like likeness link linked loop lump together machine make common cause married marry marshal mass match mate meeting member merge messmate mingle mingle with mirage mix mix with mobilize near duplicate obverse old crony one one of us order organization organize overtone pair pair off paired pal pal up with pal with parallel parallelize parasitic pard pardner partner partnership party peer pendant pertain picture piece together place play ball playfellow playmate pledge professor professor emeritus pull together put heads together put together reader reciprocal reciprocate relate related relativize retired professor ring roll into one roommate run in couples run with saprophytic schoolfellow schoolmate second self secondary sect see shipmate side partner sidekick sign on sign up similitude simulacrum sister sneak in sociability socialize society socius sodality solder sorority girl sorority woman sort with soul mate span splice spliced stand together stand up with stick together subordinate subsidiary such suchlike suggestion symbiotic sympathizer synchronize synchronous syndicate synergistic synergize take in take out membership take up membership take up with tally tape team up team up with team with teamed teammate teamwork the like of the likes of throw in together throw in with tie tie in tie in with tie up tie up with tie-up tied togetherness travel tutor twin undertone unify union unionize unite unite efforts unite with united uniting vision visiting professor wait on wed wedded weld wheel wing work together workfellow yoke yoked yokefellow yokemate

Verb(22 words)

graft hitch hook inosculate interlink join joint knit knot link up marry piece together piecen pinion put together relate screw splice tie in unite

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wed yoke

Noun(3 words)

jobmate workfellow workmate

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

28 entries

academic degree accompaniment attendant cerebrate co-occurrence cogitate compeer concomitant degree employe employee equal foot soldier friend interact laborer /labourer

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More specific

6 entries

girl Friday man Friday officemate /office mate partner right-hand man right-hand woman

Antonyms

2 entries

disassociate dissociate

Synonyms

5 entries

associate degree companion consociate consort join

Related terms

20 entries

accomplice acquaintance aide apprentice assistant association associative attendant boss coconspirator friend helper helpmate helpmeet manager mentee

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derived

20 entries

adeno-associated associahedron associate degree associate professor associate's degree associateship associatism associator associette heteroassociate interassociate misassociate photoassociate physician associate preassociate reassociate

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has context

4 entries

algebra biology mathematics slang

is a

3 entries

accompaniment peer subordinate

manner of

1 entries

think

related to

38 entries

accompanies accompany act ally associate's degree association associative attendant business circumstance colleague combine companion company comrade concomitant

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similar

3 entries

low-level subordinate

Translations

278 translations across 37 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

μέτοχος noun (partner)
μεθομιλέω verb (to spend time socially)

Armenian

4 entries

զուգորդել verb (to connect in the mind or imagination)
ընկերակցիլ verb (to join in or form a league, union, or association)
միավորվել verb (to join in or form a league, union, or association)
շփվել verb (to spend time socially)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

oturub-durmaq verb (to spend time socially)

Belarusian

4 entries

кале́га noun (coworker)
каляжа́нка noun (coworker)
кампаньён noun (partner)
кампаньёнка noun (partner)

Bulgarian

4 entries

друга́р noun (companion; comrade)
друга́рка noun (companion; comrade)
коле́га noun (partner)
коле́жка noun (partner)

Catalan

4 entries

associat noun (partner)
associar verb (to join in or form a league, union, or association)
associar verb (to join as a partner, ally, or friend)
associar verb (to connect in the mind or imagination)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

同事 noun (partner)
同行 noun (partner)

Czech

1 entries

asociovat verb (to join in or form a league, union, or association)

Danish

4 entries

ledsagende adj (following or accompanying)
med adj (joined with others and having equal or near equal status)
tilknyttet adj (having partial status or privileges)
kollega noun (coworker)

Dutch

2 entries

associëren verb (to connect in the mind or imagination)
omgaan verb (to spend time socially)

Esperanto

1 entries

asocii verb (to join in or form a league, union, or association)

Finnish

4 entries

apulais adj (joined with others and having equal or near equal status)
apulais adj (having partial status or privileges)
lisä adj (following or accompanying)
ulko adj (having partial status or privileges)

French

1 entries

fréquenter verb (to spend time socially)

German

4 entries

Weggefährte noun (companion; comrade)
anschließen verb (to join as a partner, ally, or friend)
assoziieren verb (to connect in the mind or imagination)
gemeinsam Zeit verbringen verb (to spend time socially)

Greek

1 entries

συνεργάτης noun (coworker)

Hungarian

4 entries

kül adj (having partial status or privileges)
társ adj (joined with others and having equal or near equal status)
társult adj (having partial status or privileges)
bajtárs noun (companion; comrade)

Japanese

4 entries

一緒にやっている adj (joined with others and having equal or near equal status)
仲間の adj (joined with others and having equal or near equal status)
副 adj (having partial status or privileges)
同僚の adj (joined with others and having equal or near equal status)

Korean

4 entries

동료(同僚)의 adj (joined with others and having equal or near equal status)
연상(聯想)의 adj (following or accompanying)
연합(聯合)하다 adj (joined with others and having equal or near equal status)
준 adj (having partial status or privileges)

Latin

3 entries

collēga noun (partner)
comes noun (companion; comrade)
socius noun (companion; comrade)

Manx

4 entries

co adj (joined with others and having equal or near equal status)
coheshaghtagh noun (partner)
coheshaghtagh noun (coworker)
cumraag noun (companion; comrade)

Māori

4 entries

teputi adj (joined with others and having equal or near equal status)
tuarua adj (joined with others and having equal or near equal status)
tūhono adj (joined with others and having equal or near equal status)
whakapiri adj (following or accompanying)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

ushirikiana verb (to spend time socially)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

kompanjong noun (partner)
ledsager noun (partner)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

اورتاق noun (partner)
حریف noun (coworker)
حریف noun (companion; comrade)
رفیق noun (companion; comrade)

Polish

4 entries

asesor noun (member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges)
kolega noun (coworker)
kolega noun (companion; comrade)
koleżanka noun (coworker)

Portuguese

4 entries

associado adj (joined with others and having equal or near equal status)
associado adj (having partial status or privileges)
associado noun (partner)
colega noun (companion; comrade)

Romanian

4 entries

asociat adj (joined with others and having equal or near equal status)
asociat adj (having partial status or privileges)
asociat noun (partner)
asociat noun (member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges)

Romansch

2 entries

collavuratur noun (partner)
collavuratura noun (partner)

Russian

4 entries

свя́занный adj (joined with others and having equal or near equal status)
колле́га noun (partner)
колле́га noun (coworker)
компаньо́н noun (partner)

Sanskrit

1 entries

सचते verb (to spend time socially)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kompanjon noun (companion; comrade)
kompanjonka noun (companion; comrade)
pridružena članica noun (member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges)
pridruženi član noun (member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges)

Spanish

4 entries

asociado noun (partner)
asociado noun (member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges)
compañero noun (companion; comrade)
alternar verb (to spend time socially)

Swahili

4 entries

mshirika noun (partner)
mshirika noun (companion; comrade)
mshirika noun (one that habitually accompanies or is associated with another)
mshirika noun (member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges)

Swedish

4 entries

följeslagare noun (partner)
kompanjon noun (partner)
associera verb (to connect in the mind or imagination)
förknippa verb (to connect in the mind or imagination)

Thai

1 entries

เสวนา verb (to spend time socially)

Turkish

4 entries

iştirakçi noun (partner)
ortak noun (partner)
partner noun (partner)
ilişkilendirmek verb (to connect in the mind or imagination)

Ukrainian

4 entries

пов'я́заний adj (joined with others and having equal or near equal status)
коле́га noun (coworker)
колежа́нка noun (coworker)
компаньйо́н noun (partner)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

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You had better not associate with those men.

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We associate Darwin with the theory of evolution.

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We often associate black with death.

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What do you associate with summer?

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