associate
/ʌsˈoʊsiʌt/
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Definitions
Adjective Satellite
having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor"
Noun
a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor; "he had to consult his associate before continuing"
Noun
a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
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"
Noun
any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"
Noun
a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
Verb
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"
Verb
keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
Verb
bring or come into association or action; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"
Synonyms
affiliate
associate degree
assort
colligate
companion
comrade
connect
consociate
consort
familiar
fellow
link
link up
relate
tie in
More General Terms
academic degree
accompaniment
attendant
cerebrate
cogitate
compeer
concomitant
co-occurrence
degree
equal
foot soldier
friend
interact
match
peer
subordinate
subsidiary
think
underling
unify
unite
More Specific Terms
AA
AAS
accompany
adjunct
affiliate
ally
AN
Associate in Applied Science
Associate in Arts
Associate in Nursing
bedfellow
collaborator
colleague
companion
company
confrere
cooperator
correlate
co-worker
date
escort
fellow
fellow member
fellow worker
free-associate
friend
go out
go steady
have in mind
identify
interrelate
keep company
mate
mean
member
pardner
participant
partner
playfellow
playmate
remember
see
shipmate
teammate
think of
tovarich
tovarisch
walk
workfellow