associates

/əˈsəʊsi.əts/
/əˈsoʊsi.əts/

noun

  1. A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner.

  2. Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.

  3. A companion; a comrade.

  4. One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.

  5. A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.

  6. One of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of the other with a unit).

verb

  1. To join in or form a league, union, or association.

  2. To spend time socially; keep company.

    "She associates with her coworkers on weekends."

  3. (with with) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.

    "He associated his name with many environmental causes."

  4. To connect or join together; combine.

    "particles of gold associated with other substances"

  5. To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.

  6. (in deliberative bodies) To endorse.

  7. To be associative.

  8. To accompany; to be in the company of.

Synonyms: attach, join, put together, unite
Antonyms: disassociate