Antonyms for associates


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : verb uh-soh-shee-eyt, -see-; noun, adjective, uh-soh-shee-it, -eyt, -see-
Phonetic Transcription : verb əˈsoʊ ʃiˌeɪt, -si-; noun, adjective, əˈsoʊ ʃi ɪt, -ˌeɪt, -si-


Definition of associates

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Latin associatus past participle of associare "join with," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + sociare "unite with," from socius "companion" (see social (adj.)). Related: Associated; associating. Earlier form of the verb was associen (late 14c.), from Old French associier "associate (with)."
  • noun colleague
  • verb connect in the mind
  • verb befriend
Example sentences :
  • You remember what his dismissed bailiff said of him and of his associates.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I fear you may be led unwittingly into error by your associates.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • My cousin, Miss Agnes Lynch, must be very careful as to her associates.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Then those girls have an awful time, if they're careful about their associates.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • And once married, I may almost choose my friends and his associates.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • He obeyed my orders—went into the cave to bring his associates to submission.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Among my English associates, as I call them, was a young Scotchman, of about five-and-twenty.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Barber and Stillwell and Colpetzer and their associates did not die in vain.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • My associates, unable to fix it, had fled from the mine and abandoned the enterprise.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • In the first revulsion of feeling, I was perhaps unjust to my associates.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor

Synonyms for associates

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