associate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
he had to consult his associate before continuing
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- association member holonym
Related & opposite
- consociate derivation
Sense 2 verb
make a logical or causal connection
I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind
Types & categories
- cerebrate hypernym
- remember hyponym
- interrelate hyponym
- correlate hyponym
- identify hyponym
- free-associate hyponym
- have in mind hyponym
Related & opposite
- dissociate antonym
- relation derivation
- connexion derivation
- colligation derivation
- linkage derivation
- connectedness derivation
- conjugation derivation
- association derivation
- associative derivation
- associable derivation
- connective derivation
Sense 3 noun
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
drinking companions
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- chumminess derivation
- companionship derivation
- affiliate derivation
- company derivation
- familiar derivation
- comradely derivation
Sense 4 verb
keep company with; hang out with
He associates with strange people
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- association derivation
- association derivation
- companion derivation
- consort derivation
Sense 5 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
Types & categories
- subordinate hypernym
Sense 6 verb
bring or come into association or action
The churches consociated to fight their dissolution
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- association derivation
- association derivation
- association derivation
- associate derivation
- association derivation
- affiliation derivation
- associable derivation
Sense 7 noun
any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another
first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate
Types & categories
- accompaniment hypernym
Sense 8 noun
a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
Types & categories
- academic degree hypernym
- Associate in Arts hyponym
- Associate in Applied Science hyponym
- Associate in Nursing hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | consociate |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | association |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | peer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adjunct |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | affiliate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ally |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bedfellow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cooperator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | confrere |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | colleague |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | member |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | participant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shipmate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | teammate |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | dissociate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | relation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | connexion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | colligation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | linkage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | connectedness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjugation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | association |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | associative |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | associable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | connective |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cerebrate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | remember |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | interrelate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | correlate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | identify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | free-associate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | have in mind |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chumminess |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | companionship |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | affiliate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | company |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | familiar |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | comradely |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | friend |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | date |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | playmate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tovarich |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | association |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | association |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | companion |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | consort |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | interact |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ally |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | go steady |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | company |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | subordinate |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | association |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | association |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | association |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | associate |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | association |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | affiliation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | associable |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | unite |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | walk |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | accompaniment |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | academic degree |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | Associate in Arts |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | Associate in Applied Science |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | Associate in Nursing |