associate | Definition of associate

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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 of associate

chum, company, consociate, consort, fraternize, hang (around or out), hobnob, hook up, mess around, pal (around), run, sort, travel

Words Related to associate

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 Synonymous with associate

be friends with, fall in with, keep company (with), rub elbows (with) or rub shoulders (with) , take up with

Near Antonyms of associate

avoid, cold-shoulder, shun, snub

alienate, estrange

break up, disband, disperse, split (up)

disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divorce, sever, split, sunder

2 to think of (something) in combination

she still associates Memorial Day with her long-ago fiancé, who died in Vietnam

Synonyms of associate

connect, correlate, identify, link, relate

Words Related to associate

compare, equate, liken

group, join, lump (together), tie (together)

Near Antonyms of associate

contrast, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, separate, set off

3 to come together to form a single unit

the elements hydrogen and oxygen associate to form molecules of water

Synonyms of associate

coalesce, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, fuse, interfuse, join, link (up), marry, unify, unite

Words Related to associate

ally, confederate, league

chain, compound, hitch, hook, splice

assemble, cluster, congregate, constellate, convene, gather, meet

recombine, reconnect, rejoin, reunify, reunite

Near Antonyms of associate

detach, disaffiliate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, fractionate, isolate, resolve, uncouple, unyoke

disband, disperse, scatter

Antonyms of associate

break up, dissever, part, section, separate, sever, split, sunder, unlink

4 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 of associate

ally, band (together), club, coalesce, cohere, confederate, conjoin, cooperate, federate, league, unite

Words Related to associate