associate
verb
• connect (someone or something) with something else in one's mind.
• "I associated wealth with freedom"
Similar:
link,
connect,
couple,
relate,
identify,
equate,
bracket,
think of together,
think of in connection with,
draw a parallel with,
mention in the same breath as,
set side by side with,
associate
noun
• a partner or companion in business or at work.
• "a close associate of the Minister"
Similar:
partner,
colleague,
co-worker,
fellow worker,
workmate,
compatriot,
comrade,
friend,
ally,
supporter,
wingman,
confederate,
connection,
contact,
acquaintance,
accomplice,
accessory,
abetter,
partner in crime,
collaborator,
colluder,
fellow conspirator,
henchman,
confrère,
crony,
pal,
chum,
buddy,
mate,
oppo,
offsider,
compeer,
conniver,
consociate,
• a person with limited or subordinate membership of an organization.
• "an Associate of the Linnaean Society"
• a concept connected with another.
• "the patient was asked to commit to memory a list of five paired associates"
associate
adjective
• connected with an organization or business.
• "an associate company"
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘join with in a common purpose’; as an adjective in the sense ‘allied’): from Latin associat- ‘joined’, from the verb associare, from ad- ‘to’ + socius ‘sharing, allied’.
