| noun | a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor “he had to consult his associate before continuing” |
| noun | a friend who is frequently in the company of another “drinking companions” |
| noun | 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” |
| noun | any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another “first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate” |
| noun | a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies |
| verb | make a logical or causal connection “I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind” |
| verb | keep company with; hang out with “He associates with strange people” |
| verb | bring or come into association or action “The churches consociated to fight their dissolution” |
| adjective | having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status “an associate member” |
| associate | verb | bring or come into association or action |
| companionship | noun | the state of being with someone |
| companion | verb | be a companion to somebody |
| comradely | adjective | heartily friendly and congenial |
| comradeship | noun | the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability |
| fellowship | noun | the state of being with someone |
| familiar | adjective | well known or easily recognized |
| associative | adjective | characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination |
| associable | adjective | capable of being associated |
| associatory | adjective | characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination |
| association | noun | the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination |
| relation | noun | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together |
| link | noun | the state of being connected |
| linkage | noun | an associative relation |
| colligation | noun | the state of being joined together |
| connective | adjective | connecting or tending to connect |
| connection | noun | the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination |
| connexion | noun | the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination |
| consort | noun | the husband or wife of a reigning monarch |
| associate | noun | a friend who is frequently in the company of another |