1. a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
2. any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"
3. a person who joins with others in some activity; "he had to consult his associate before continuing"
4. a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
5. 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"
6. bring or come into association or action; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"
7. keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"

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

 

Hyponyms: Associate in Arts, AA, Associate in Applied Science, AAS, Associate in Nursing, AN, adjunct, affiliate, ally, friend, bedfellow, collaborator, cooperator, partner, pardner, colleague, confrere, fellow, co-worker, fellow worker, workfellow, member, participant, shipmate, teammate, mate, date, escort, playmate, playfellow, tovarich, remember, interrelate, correlate, identify, free-associate, think of, have in mind, mean, walk, go steady, go out, see, company, companion, accompany, keep company

 

Member Meronyms: association

 

Derivational Morphology: consociate, consort, affiliate, assort, company, companion, accompany, keep company, association, connection, connexion, junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation, link, connectedness, linkage, relation, affiliation, tie, tie-up, comrade, fellow, familiar