Definition:
- (v. t.) To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.
- (v. t.) To join or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of gold associated with other substances.
- (v. t.) To connect or place together in thought.
- (v. t.) To accompany; to keep company with.
- (v. i.) To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate.
- (v. i.) To unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a different part of the body.
- (a.) Closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge.
- (a.) Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges; as, an associate member.
- (a.) Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions.
- (n.) A companion; one frequently in company with another, implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow.
- (n.) A partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate in a league.
- (n.) One connected with an association or institution without the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of the Royal Academy.
- (n.) Anything closely or usually connected with another; an concomitant.
Compare associate with other words:
associate vs. associated
associate vs. worker
associate vs. subordinate
associate vs. cooperate
acquaintance vs. associate
associate vs. lockbox
associate vs. coworker
associate vs. involve
associate vs. relative
associate vs. executive
associate vs. attribute
associate vs. merge
associate vs. mate
additional vs. associate
associate vs. sociate
associate vs. reassociate
associate vs. associator
associate vs. insociable
associate vs. associateship
associate vs. unite
associate vs. concerning
associate vs. employee
advocate vs. associate
associate vs. fellow
associate vs. interact
associate vs. symbol
associate vs. buddy
associate vs. peer
associate vs. collaborator
aide vs. associate
associate vs. relate
associate vs. pal
associate vs. bachelor
associate vs. attach
associate vs. consociate
associable vs. associate
associate vs. singly
associate vs. messmate
antisocial vs. associate
associate vs. dissociate
associate vs. consort
associate vs. relief
associate vs. disassociate
associate vs. endorse
associate vs. imagination
associate vs. mind
associate vs. combine
associate vs. join
associate vs. social
associate vs. association
associate vs. union
associate vs. league
associate vs. circumstance
associate vs. attendant
associate vs. companion
associate vs. colleague
associate vs. partner
associate vs. business
associate vs. enterprise
act vs. associate
associate vs. sympathy
associate vs. habit
associate vs. concomitant
associate vs. partial
associate vs. status
associate vs. equal
associate vs. baccalaureate
associate vs. coterie
associate vs. comrade
associate vs. gang
associate vs. bland
affiliate vs. associate
associate vs. clique
associate vs. relation
associate vs. fraternize
associate vs. connect
associate vs. identify
ally vs. associate
associate vs. cohort
associate vs. friend
adjunct vs. associate
accomplice vs. associate
associate vs. company
assistant vs. associate
associate vs. cooperator
associate vs. rim
associate vs. conflate