association
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a formal organization of people or groups of people
he joined the Modern Language Association
Types & categories
- organization hypernym
- American Baptist Convention hyponym
- Southern Baptist Convention hyponym
- cooperative hyponym
- social club hyponym
- fellowship hyponym
- American Legion hyponym
- Veterans of Foreign Wars hyponym
- league hyponym
- secret society hyponym
- consortium hyponym
- professional association hyponym
- Fabian Society hyponym
- gang hyponym
- legion hyponym
- chamber of commerce hyponym
- institute hyponym
- sisterhood hyponym
- Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons hyponym
- National Association of Realtors hyponym
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- consociate derivation
- affiliate derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of consorting with or joining with others
you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association
Types & categories
- social activity hypernym
- fraternization hyponym
- affiliation hyponym
Related & opposite
- consociate derivation
- affiliate derivation
Sense 3 noun
the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break
Types & categories
- unification hypernym
Related & opposite
- disassociation antonym
- link derivation
Sense 4 noun
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
conditioning is a form of learning by association
Types & categories
- remembering hypernym
- colligation hyponym
Related & opposite
- link derivation
Sense 5 noun
a social or business relationship
a valuable financial affiliation
Types & categories
- relationship hypernym
Related & opposite
- tie derivation
- affiliate derivation
- consociate derivation
- bond derivation
Sense 6 noun
a relation resulting from interaction or dependence
flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear
Types & categories
- relation hypernym
Related & opposite
- consociate derivation
Sense 7 noun
(chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
Types & categories
- chemical process hypernym
- hydration hyponym
- solvation hyponym
Related & opposite
- chemistry domain topic
Sense 8 noun
(ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species
Types & categories
- group hypernym
- antibiosis hyponym
Related & opposite
- consociate derivation
- bionomics domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | consociate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | affiliate |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | chapter |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | associate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | organization |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | American Baptist Convention |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Southern Baptist Convention |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cooperative |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | social club |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fellowship |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | American Legion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Veterans of Foreign Wars |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | league |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | secret society |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | consortium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | professional association |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Fabian Society |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gang |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | legion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chamber of commerce |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | institute |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sisterhood |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | National Association of Realtors |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | consociate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | affiliate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | social activity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fraternization |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | affiliation |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | disassociation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | link |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | unification |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | link |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | remembering |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | colligation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | tie |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | affiliate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | consociate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | bond |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | relationship |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | consociate |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | relation |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | chemical process |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | hydration |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | solvation |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | consociate |
| 8 | domain topic | Related & opposite | bionomics |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | group |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | antibiosis |