associate

Plural: associates

Noun

• a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
  • "he had to consult his associate before continuing"
• a friend who is frequently in the company of another
• 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"
• any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another
  • "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"
• a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
• A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.
• Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
• A companion; a comrade.
• One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
• A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
• One of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of the other with a unit).

Verb

• make a logical or causal connection
• keep company with; hang out with
  • "He associates with strange people"
• bring or come into association or action
• To join in or form a league, union, or association.
• To spend time socially; keep company.
• To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
• To connect or join together; combine.
• To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
• To endorse.
• To be associative.
• To accompany; to be in the company of.

Adjective Satellite

• having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status
  • "an associate member"
  • "an associate professor"

Adj

• Joined with another or others and having lower status.
• Having partial status or privileges.
• Following or accompanying; concomitant.
• Connected by habit or sympathy.

Examples

• Allow me to introduce my business associates, Alice and Bob, who are senior VPs for ops and strategy, respectively.
• associate motions
• Associates must wash hands before returning to work
• He associated his name with many environmental causes.
• He is an associate member of the club.
• particles of gold associated with other substances
• She associates with her coworkers on weekends.
• The associate editor is someone who has some experience in editing but not sufficient experience to qualify for a senior post.

Synonyms

affiliate, associate degree, assort, colligate, companion, comrade, connect, consociate, consort, familiar, fellow, link, link up, relate, tie in, accouple, adjunct, affix, assemble, associate, attach, bewed, bind, business partner, clasp, clinch, co-worker, cohort, colaborer, colabourer, collaborator, colleague, combine, compeer, confrere, conglomerate, conglutinate, conjoin, construct, couple, coworker, entwine, fay, fix, graft, hitch, hook, inosculate, interlink, join, joint, knit, knot, marry, piece together, piecen, pinion, put together, splice, unite, wed, workfellow, workmate, yoke

Antonyms

dissociate, disassociate

Related Words

accomplice, acquaintance, aide, apprentice, assistant, association, associative, attendant, boss, coconspirator, friend, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, manager, mentee, mentor, supervisor, trainee, trainer

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