Antonyms for affiliates


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : verb uh-fil-ee-eyt; noun uh-fil-ee-it, -eyt
Phonetic Transcription : verb əˈfɪl iˌeɪt; noun əˈfɪl i ɪt, -ˌeɪt


Definition of affiliates

Origin :
  • 1761, from Latin affiliatus, past participle of affiliare "to adopt" (see affiliation). Outside legal use, always figurative. Related: Affiliated; affiliating.
  • noun organization that is associated with another
  • verb associate or be associated with a larger organization
Example sentences :
  • He affiliates as readily with the Mexican and the Indian as he does with the whites.
  • Extract from : « The Mystic Mid-Region » by Arthur J. Burdick
  • The affiliates of Satanism are mystics of a vile order, but they are mystics.
  • Extract from : « L-bas » by J. K. Huysmans
  • Democracy most of all affiliates with the open air, is sunny and hardy and sane only with Nature—just as much as Art is.
  • Extract from : « Complete Prose Works » by Walt Whitman
  • They largely consist of the populations which the Bible affiliates with Ham.
  • Extract from : « The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science » by John William Dawson
  • The novice can hardly expect to learn unless he affiliates himself with such groups and attends their meetings.
  • Extract from : « A Living from the Land » by William B. Duryee
  • Early in 1833 Mazzini, it is impossible to say with what accuracy, put the number of affiliates at fifty or sixty thousand.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Mazzini » by Bolton King
  • In religious thought he affiliates with the Congregationalists; but the Sabbath is to him a day of rest.
  • Extract from : « Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men » by Various

Synonyms for affiliates

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