Antonyms for associations
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-soh-see-ey-shuhn, -shee- |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˌsoʊ siˈeɪ ʃən, -ʃi- |
Definition of associations
Origin :- 1530s, "action of coming together," from Medieval Latin associationem (nominative associatio), noun of action from past participle stem of associare (see associate). Meaning "a body of persons with a common purpose" is from 1650s. Meaning "mental connection" is from 1680s; that of "quality or thing called to mind by something else" is from 1810.
- noun group with common interest or pursuit
- noun friendship
- noun mental connection
- From this place the atmosphere and associations of the prison are excluded.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- But I perceive that your associations are by no means lacking in push and enterprise: how is this?
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- To be just, it should be added that the same game is repeated in the associations.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- The formation of the associations was effected without the slightest delay.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- As a rule, however, the associations will not hear of even such a reduction.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- Every stone in this part of the city has its associations, its traditions, its history.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- There are associations of sound and of sense by which every word is linked to every other.
- Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
- The foreign mission field—what associations had she with that?
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- The work "fascinated" him, and it was because of these associations that it did so.
- Extract from : « Hampstead and Marylebone » by Geraldine Edith Mitton
- These associations thirty years ago were little more than social.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
Synonyms for associations
- acquaintance
- acquaintanceship
- affiliation
- agreement
- alliance
- assistance
- band
- bond
- bunch
- camaraderie
- circle
- clan
- clique
- club
- coalition
- combination
- combo
- companionship
- company
- comradeship
- concomitance
- concordance
- confederacy
- confederation
- congress
- conjunction
- connotation
- cooperation
- cooperative
- corporation
- correlation
- crew
- crowd
- familiarity
- family
- federation
- fellowship
- fraternity
- fraternization
- frequenting
- friendliness
- gang
- guild
- hookup
- identification
- impression
- intimacy
- joining
- juxtaposition
- league
- linkage
- linking
- lumping together
- membership
- mixing
- mixture
- mob
- order
- organization
- outfit
- pairing
- participation
- partnership
- pool
- rat pack
- recollection
- relation
- relationship
- remembrance
- ring
- society
- sodality
- sorority
- syndicate
- tie
- tie-in
- tie-up
- train of thought
- tribe
- troops
- troupe
- union
- zoo
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