associate

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Joined with another or others and having lower status.
2. (not-comparable) Having partial status or privileges.
3. (not-comparable) Following or accompanying; concomitant.
4. (dated, not-comparable) Connected by habit or sympathy.

Noun

1. A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.
2. Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
3. A companion; a comrade.
4. One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
5. A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
6. 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

1. (intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association.
2. (intransitive) To spend time socially; keep company.
3. (transitive) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
4. (transitive) To connect or join together; combine.
5. (transitive) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
6. (reflexive) To endorse.
7. To be associative.
8. (obsolete, transitive) To accompany; to be in the company of.

Synonyms

partner

companion

join

connect

friend

colleague

comrade

fellow

ally

assistant

link

🔗

combine

relate

mate

🧉

unite

consort

affiliate

pool

attach

bind

socialize

tie

link up

mingle

colligate

co-worker

fasten

tie in

tie up

pal

meet

mix

company

come together

joint

fraternize

tie on

talk

🗣️

deputy

contact

consociate

merge

buddy

bring together

keep company

annex

couple

👫

accessory

involve

acquaintance

Translations

associé

associer

associare

socio

asociar

associado

asociado

associar

associar

verbinden

aansluiten

συνδέω

verbinden

associëren

Etymology

From Middle English associat(e) (used participially as well as adjectively up to Early Modern English), from Latin associātus, the perfect passive participle of associō (“to join, unite”), from ad- + sociō, from socius (“shared, common, kindred”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).