association
noun
[ əsəʊʃɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n ]
• (often in names) a group of people organized for a joint purpose.
• "the National Association of Probation Officers"
Similar:
alliance,
consortium,
coalition,
union,
league,
guild,
syndicate,
corporation,
federation,
confederation,
confederacy,
conglomerate,
cooperative,
partnership,
amalgamation,
merger,
body,
group,
ring,
circle,
trust,
company,
organization,
affiliation,
society,
club,
band,
brotherhood,
fraternity,
sorority,
clique,
cartel,
consociation,
sodality,
• a connection or cooperative link between people or organizations.
• "he developed a close association with the university"
Similar:
relationship,
relation,
interrelation,
connection,
interconnection,
link,
bond,
tie,
attachment,
interdependence,
union,
communication,
interchange,
contact,
affiliation,
cooperation,
dealings,
• a mental connection between things.
• "the word bureaucracy has unpleasant associations"
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘uniting in a common purpose’): from medieval Latin associatio(n- ), from Latin associare ‘to unite, ally’ (see associate).
