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Another word for associate

Verb

  1. To unite or be united in a relationship

    2. See also:

    connect

  2. To be with as a companion

    3. Idioms:
    See also:

    near

  3. To come or bring together in one's mind or imagination

    4. See also:

    same

Another word for associate

Noun

  1. One who is united in a relationship with another

    2. See also:

    connect

  2. One who shares interests or activities with another

    3. See also:

    near

  3. One that accompanies another

    4. See also:

    accompanied

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Synonym Study

  • An accomplice is one who unites with another or others in an unlawful act
  • A confederate is one who joins with another or others for some common purpose, esp. in some unlawful act
  • Ally refers to one joined with another for a common purpose or for support and is applied esp. to a government joined with another or others in a common pursuit, as war
  • Comrade refers to a close associate and implies a sharing in activities and fortunes comrades in arms
  • Companion always refers to a person who actually accompanies one and usually implies a close, personal relationship a dinner companion, the companions of one's youth
  • Colleague denotes a co-worker, esp. in one of the professions, and may or may not imply a personal relationship one of my colleagues at the university
  • Associate refers to a person who is frequently in one's company, usually because of shared work business associates
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Sentence Examples

  • Brandeis as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • The Associate Reformed Synod of the South had a membership of 13,201.

  • Even a prisoner on this planet was unwilling to associate with her!

  • In 1757 be became an associate of the Imperial Academy of St Petersburg, and a foreign member of the Royal Society of London, and in 1758 a member of the Academy of Berlin, in 1766 of that of Stockholm, and in 1770 of the Academies of Copenhagen and of Bern.

  • The bishops, particularly St Irenaeus of Lyons, declared themselves in favour of the usage of Rome, but refused to associate themselves with the excommunication pronounced by Victor against their Asiatic colleagues.

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