associate

(s) having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status
- an associate member
- an associate professor

(n) a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
- he had to consult his associate before continuing
(n) a friend who is frequently in the company of another
- drinking companions
- comrades in arms
companion, comrade, familiar, fellow,
(n) 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
(n) any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another
- first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate
(n) a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies associate degree,

(v) make a logical or causal connection
- I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind
- colligate these facts
- I cannot relate these events at all
colligate, link, relate, connect, tie in, link up,
(v) keep company with; hang out with
- He associates with strange people
- She affiliates with her colleagues
affiliate, assort, consort,
(v) bring or come into association or action
- The churches consociated to fight their dissolution
consociate,

colligate link relate connect tie in link up affiliate assort consort companion comrade familiar fellow consociate associate degree

decouple dissociate

associate degree associated state Associate in Applied Science Associate in Arts Associate in Nursing associate professor associateship