affiliated

adjective

af·​fil·​i·​at·​ed ə-ˈfi-lē-ˌā-təd 

: closely associated with another typically in a dependent or subordinate position

the university and its affiliated medical school

Synonyms of affiliated

• related

Examples of affiliated in a Sentence

costuming and set design are affiliated arts, both requiring research into the period of the play or film

Recent Examples on the Web

In last year’s Players Era tourney, which included eight teams, each of the eight participating programs received $1 million for their affiliated NIL collective. —Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 Nov. 2025

Kalshi does not provide data on the activity of specific market makers, a group that also includes affiliated trading arm Kalshi Trading. —Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 19 Nov. 2025

The lawsuit names Atlanta attorney Alcide Honoré, as well as music producers Bryan-Michael Cox, Keith Thomas, Charles Hughes, and several of their affiliated companies. —Christopher Harris, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025

Signed out of the Dominican Republic by the Chicago Cubs in 2016, he's spent nine years in affiliated ball, including a two-year interruption from 2020 to 2021 (COVID-19 pandemic, then injury). —Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of affiliate entry 1

First Known Use

1767, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for affiliated

• abbreviated
• accelerated
• accentuated
• accommodated
• acculturated
• accumulated
• acidulated
• adjudicated
• administrated
• adulterated
• agglomerated
• agglutinated