Thesaurus
associate
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of ASSOCIATE
1
to come or be together as friends <a socially ambitious couple who joined the country club in order to associate with the right sort of people>
Synonyms chum, company, consociate, consort, fraternize, hang (around or out), hobnob, hook up, mess around, pal (around), run, sort, travel
Related Words affiliate, ally, attach, band, bond, club, collaborate, collude, confederate, conjoin, connect, cooperate, couple, gang, get along, get on, group, interrelate, join, knot, league, link, mingle, mix, rally, relate, side, socialize, team, tie, wed; befriend, friend
Phrases be friends with, fall in with, keep company (with), rub elbows (with) or rub shoulders (with), take up with
2
to think of (something) in combination <she still associates Memorial Day with her long-ago fiancé, who died in Vietnam>
3
to come together to form a single unit <the elements hydrogen and oxygen associate to form molecules of water>
Synonyms associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, fuse, interfuse, join, link (up), marry, unify
Related Words mate, yoke; ally, confederate, league; chain, compound, hitch, hook, splice; assemble, cluster, congregate, constellate, convene, gather, meet; recombine, reconnect, rejoin, reunify, reunite
Near Antonyms detach, disaffiliate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, fractionate, isolate, resolve, uncouple, unyoke; disband, disperse, scatter
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to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members <nations deciding to associate in order to remove trade barriers>
Synonyms associate, band (together), club, coalesce, cohere, confederate, conjoin, cooperate, federate, league, unite
Related Words cabal, collaborate, gang up, hang together, team (up); incorporate, organize, unionize; affiliate; amalgamate, combine, conglomerate, consolidate, converge, group, join, merge; knot, link, tie, wed
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