Antonyms for associates
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : verb uh-soh-shee-eyt, -see-; noun, adjective, uh-soh-shee-it, -eyt, -see- |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb əˈsoʊ ʃiˌeɪt, -si-; noun, adjective, əˈsoʊ ʃi ɪt, -ˌeɪt, -si- |
Definition of associates
Origin :- mid-15c., from Latin associatus past participle of associare "join with," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + sociare "unite with," from socius "companion" (see social (adj.)). Related: Associated; associating. Earlier form of the verb was associen (late 14c.), from Old French associier "associate (with)."
- noun colleague
- verb connect in the mind
- verb befriend
- You remember what his dismissed bailiff said of him and of his associates.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- I fear you may be led unwittingly into error by your associates.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- My cousin, Miss Agnes Lynch, must be very careful as to her associates.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Then those girls have an awful time, if they're careful about their associates.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- And once married, I may almost choose my friends and his associates.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- He obeyed my orders—went into the cave to bring his associates to submission.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Among my English associates, as I call them, was a young Scotchman, of about five-and-twenty.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Barber and Stillwell and Colpetzer and their associates did not die in vain.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- My associates, unable to fix it, had fled from the mine and abandoned the enterprise.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- In the first revulsion of feeling, I was perhaps unjust to my associates.
- Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
Synonyms for associates
- accessory
- accompany
- accomplice
- affiliate
- aid
- ally
- amalgamate
- assistant
- auxiliary
- be friends
- be in cahoots
- blend
- bracket
- branch
- buddy
- buddy up
- bunch up
- chum
- clubber
- co-worker
- cohort
- collaborator
- combine
- come together
- companion
- compatriot
- comrade
- concord
- confederate
- conjoin
- consort
- cooperator
- correlate
- couple
- crony
- fellow
- fraternize
- friend
- gang up
- get in on
- get in with
- get into
- get together
- go along with
- go partners
- group
- hang around
- hang out
- hang out with
- helper
- hobnob
- identify
- join
- join up with
- joiner
- kissing cousin
- league
- line up with
- link
- lump together
- mate
- mingle
- mix
- offshoot
- one of the folks
- pair
- pal
- pal up
- pard
- partner
- peer
- play footsie with
- playmate
- pool
- relate
- run around with
- run with
- sidekick
- string along with
- swing with
- take up with
- team up
- think of together
- throw in together
- tie in
- tie up
- truck with
- unite
- work with
- yoke
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