associate

adjective

1. having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status

- an associate member

- an associate professor

Similar word(s): subordinate

noun

1. a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor

- he had to consult his associate before continuing

Definition categories: person, compeer, equal, match, peer

2. a friend who is frequently in the company of another

Similar word(s): companion, comrade, familiar, fellow

Definition categories: person, friend

3. 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

Definition categories: person, subordinate, subsidiary, underling

4. any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another

- first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate

Definition categories: event, accompaniment, attendant, concomitant

5. a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies

Definition categories: communication, degree

verb

1. make a logical or causal connection

Similar word(s): colligate, connect, link, relate

Definition categories: cognition, cerebrate, cogitate, think

2. keep company with; hang out with

- He associates with strange people

Similar word(s): affiliate, assort, consort

Definition categories: social, interact

3. bring or come into association or action

Similar word(s): consociate

Definition categories: social, unify, unite