| associate | | |
| n. (person) | 1. associate | a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor.; "he had to consult his associate before continuing" |
| ~ association | a formal organization of people or groups of people.; "he joined the Modern Language Association" |
| ~ compeer, equal, peer, match | a person who is of equal standing with another in a group. |
| ~ adjunct | a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another. |
| ~ affiliate | a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization. |
| ~ ally, friend | an associate who provides cooperation or assistance.; "he's a good ally in fight" |
| ~ bedfellow | a temporary associate.; "politics makes strange bedfellows" |
| ~ cooperator, pardner, partner, collaborator | an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest.; "the musician and the librettist were collaborators"; "sexual partners" |
| ~ confrere, colleague, fellow | a person who is member of one's class or profession.; "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers" |
| ~ co-worker, colleague, fellow worker, workfellow | an associate that one works with. |
| ~ fellow member, member | one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization).; "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family" |
| ~ participant | someone who takes part in an activity. |
| ~ shipmate | an associate on the same ship with you. |
| ~ teammate, mate | a fellow member of a team.; "it was his first start against his former teammates" |
| n. (person) | 2. associate, companion, comrade, familiar, fellow | a friend who is frequently in the company of another.; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" |
| ~ date, escort | a participant in a date.; "his date never stopped talking" |
| ~ friend | a person you know well and regard with affection and trust.; "he was my best friend at the university" |
| ~ playfellow, playmate | a companion at play. |
| ~ tovarich, tovarisch | a comrade (especially in Russian communism). |
| n. (person) | 3. associate | 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" |
| ~ subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier | an assistant subject to the authority or control of another. |
| n. (event) | 4. associate | any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another.; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate" |
| ~ accompaniment, co-occurrence, concomitant, attendant | an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another. |
| n. (communication) | 5. associate, associate degree | a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies. |
| ~ academic degree, degree | an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study.; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude" |
| ~ associate in arts, aa | an associate degree in arts. |
| ~ aas, associate in applied science | an associate degree in applied science. |
| ~ an, associate in nursing | an associate degree in nursing. |
| v. (cognition) | 6. associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in | 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" |
| ~ remember | exercise, or have the power of, memory.; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| ~ interrelate | place into a mutual relationship.; "I cannot interrelate these two events" |
| ~ correlate | bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation.; "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information" |
| ~ identify | conceive of as united or associated.; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus" |
| ~ free-associate | associate freely.; "Let's associate freely to bring up old memories" |
| ~ have in mind, think of, mean | intend to refer to.; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" |
| v. (social) | 7. affiliate, associate, assort, consort | keep company with; hang out with.; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" |
| ~ interact | act together or towards others or with others.; "He should interact more with his colleagues" |
| ~ ally | become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage.; "He allied himself with the Communists" |
| ~ go steady, date, go out, see | date regularly; have a steady relationship with.; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!" |
| ~ companion, company, keep company, accompany | be a companion to somebody. |
| v. (social) | 8. associate, consociate | bring or come into association or action.; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution" |
| ~ unite, unify | act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief. |
| ~ walk | be or act in association with.; "We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters"; "Walk with God" |
| adj. | 9. associate | having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status.; "an associate member"; "an associate professor" |
| ~ subordinate, low-level | lower in rank or importance. |
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