associate

associate is a 9-letter English word with 22 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 22 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.
2. transitive verb. To join or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of gold associated with other substances.
3. transitive verb. To connect or place together in thought.
4. transitive verb. To accompany; to keep company with.
5. intransitive verb. To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate.
6. intransitive verb. To unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a different part of the body.
7. adjective. Closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge.
8. adjective. Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges; as, an associate member.
9. adjective. Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions.
10. noun. A companion; one frequently in company with another, implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow.
11. noun. A partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate in a league.
12. noun. One connected with an association or institution without the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of the Royal Academy.
13. noun. Anything closely or usually connected with another; an concomitant.
14. noun. a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
15. noun. any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another

    "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"

16. noun. a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor

    "he had to consult his associate before continuing"

17. noun. 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"

18. noun. a friend who is frequently in the company of another

    "drinking companions"

    "comrades in arms"

    Synonyms: companion, comrade, familiar, fellow

19. verb. make a logical or causal connection

    "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"

    "colligate these facts"

    Synonyms: colligate, connect, link, relate

20. verb. bring or come into association or action

    "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"

    Synonyms: consociate

21. verb. keep company with; hang out with

    "He associates with strange people"

    "She affiliates with her colleagues"

    Synonyms: affiliate, assort, consort

22. adjective. having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status

    "an associate member"

    "an associate professor"

Synonyms

companion, comrade, familiar, fellow, colligate, connect, link, relate, consociate, affiliate, assort, consort

Common word forms

associated, associates, associating

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