associate

1. A person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor (synset 109836176)
   "he had to consult his associate before continuing"
   is a type of: compeer, equal, match, peer - a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
   subtypes:

   • adjunct - a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
   • affiliate - a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization
   • ally, friend - an associate who provides cooperation or assistance
   • bedfellow - a temporary associate
   • collaborator, cooperator, pardner, partner - an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest
   • colleague, confrere, fellow - a person who is member of one's class or profession
   • co-worker, colleague, fellow worker, workfellow - an associate that one works with
   • fellow member, member - one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
   • participant, player - someone who takes part in an activity
   • shipmate - an associate on the same ship with you
   • mate, teammate - a fellow member of a team
   belongs to: association - a formal organization of people or groups of people
2. A friend who is frequently in the company of another (synset 109965384)
   "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
   is a type of: friend - a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
   subtypes:

   • date, escort - a participant in a date
   • playfellow, playmate - a companion at play
   • tovarich, tovarisch - a comrade (especially in Russian communism)
   same as: companion, comrade, familiar, fellow
3. A person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise (synset 109836579)
   "associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners"
   is a type of: foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling - an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
4. Any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another (synset 107299553)
   "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"
   is a type of: accompaniment, attendant, co-occurrence, concomitant - an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
5. A degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies (synset 106710466)
   is a type of: academic degree, degree - an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
   subtypes:

   • aa, associate in arts - an associate degree in arts
   • aas, associate in applied science - an associate degree in applied science
   • an, associate in nursing - an associate degree in nursing
   same as: associate degree

1. Having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status (synset 300796981)
   "an associate member"; "an associate professor"
   similar to: low-level, subordinate - lower in rank or importance

1. Make a logical or causal connection (synset 200715072)
   "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
   is a type of: cerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
   subtypes:

   • remember - exercise, or have the power of, memory
   • interrelate - place into a mutual relationship
   • correlate - bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation
   • identify - conceive of as united or associated
   • free-associate - associate freely
   • have in mind, mean, think of - intend to refer to
   same as: colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in
2. Keep company with;
   Hang out with (synset 202595401)
   "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
   is a type of: interact - act together or towards others or with others
   subtypes:

   • ally - become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage
   • date, go out, go steady, see - date regularly; have a steady relationship with
   • accompany, companion, company, keep company - be a companion to somebody
   same as: affiliate, assort, consort
3. Bring or come into association or action (synset 202475598)
   "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"
   is a type of: unify, unite - act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
   subtypes: walk - be or act in association with
   same as: consociate

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