I. verb
Synonyms: join 1, bracket, combine, conjoin, connect, couple, link, relate, unite, yoke
Related Word: amalgamate, blend, coalesce, merge, mingle, mix; ally, confederate, federate, league
Contrasted words: alienate, estrange; divide, divorce, part
II. noun
1.
Synonyms: partner , cohort, confrere, consociate, copartner, fellow, mate, ||pard
Related Word: affiliate, ally, confederate, leaguer; abettor, accomplice, collaborator
2.
Synonyms: colleague , compatriot, compeer, confrere
3.
a person regularly frequenting the company of another
a man is judged by the associates he keeps
Synonyms: buddy, chum, comate, companion, comrade, crony, ||cully, pal, running mate; compare friend
Related Word: acquaintance, friend, sympathizer; confidant, familiar, intimate; brother-in-arms, comrade-in-arms
4.
Synonyms: accompaniment 2, companion, concomitant, consort, fellow, mate
Related Word: complement, correlate, correlative, counterpart, match; correspondent
Contrasted words: competitor, rival; adversary, antagonist, opponent