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Nouns (6)

n. any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"

associate

n. a person who joins with others in some activity; "he had to consult his associate before continuing"

associate degree

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

companion, fellow, comrade

n. a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

Verbs (5)

consociate

v. bring or come into association or action; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"

link, connect, relate, tie in

v. 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"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (1)

associate

adj. having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor"

Fuzzynyms (115)

brother

n. a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion of other group); "none of his brothers would betray him"

acquaintance, friend

n. a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"

associate, companion, fellow, comrade

n. a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

helper, assistant, supporter

n. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"

neighbor, neighbour

n. a person who lives (or is located) near another

friend

n. a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"

accessory, accomplice, accessary

n. someone who helps another person commit a crime

cohort

n. a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)

mate, consort, partner, spouse, married person

n. a person's partner in marriage

confidant, intimate, alter ego

n. someone to whom private matters are confided

brother, buddy, chum, crony, pal, sidekick

n. a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

helper, assistant, supporter

n. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"

acquaintance, friend

n. a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"

associate

n. a person who joins with others in some activity; "he had to consult his associate before continuing"

colleague, coworker, co-worker, fellow-worker, workfellow, fellow worker

n. an associate you work with

match, equal, peer, compeer

n. a person who is of equal standing with another in a group

member

n. one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participates 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

n. someone who takes part in an activity

neighbor, neighbour

n. a person who lives (or is located) near another

familiar, familiar spirit

n. a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard

Quaker, Friend

n. a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

wife, married woman

n. a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

bride

n. a woman who has recently been married

countryman, compatriot

n. a person from your own country

husband, hubby, married man

n. a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

companion, fellow traveler, fellow traveller

n. a traveler who accompanies you

join, get together, fall in

v. become part of; become a member of a group or organization; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man"

affiliate

v. join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"

mix, blend, meld, combine, fuse, merge, conflate, commingle, immix, coalesce

v. mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"

tie, link, connect, put together, connect together

v. connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"

join, conjoin, come together, make contact

v. make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"

consolidate

v. form into a solid mass or whole; "The mud had consolidated overnight"

syndicate

v. organize into or form a syndicate

unite, adhere

v. become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "Will the two Koreas unify?"

mix, unify, mingle, commix, amalgamate

v. to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance"

socialize, make socialist

v. make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies; "Health care should be socialized!"

ally

v. become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage; "He allied himself with the Communists"

compare, draw a comparison between

v. examine and note the similarities or differences of; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie"

correlate, corelate, correlate with

v. to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; "Do these facts correlate?"

fraternize

v. be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy

accord, consort, harmonize, agree, go together, fit in

v. go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded"

integrate, calculate the integral of

v. calculate the integral of; calculate by integration

Synonyms (16)

associate with, pal with, consort with, assort with, affiliate oneself with

v. keep company with; hang out with

adjunct, assistant

adj. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

buck

adj. of the lowest rank in a category: "a buck private"

proxy, deputy

adj. acting as substitute for another

ruled

adj. subject to a ruling authority; "the ruled mass"

secondary

adj. belonging to a lower class or rank

subject, dependent

adj. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"

subservient

adj. compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw

under

adj. lower in rank, power, or authority; "an under secretary"

Antonyms (9)

dissociate

v. regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology"

separate, differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalize, tell, tell apart

v. mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

associate

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