ASSOCIATING Synonyms: 160 Similar and Opposite Words

associating

verb

present participle of associate

as in traveling

to come or be together as friends a socially ambitious couple who joined the country club in order to associate with the right sort of people

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as in identifying

to think of (something) in combination she still associates Memorial Day with her long-ago fiancé, who died in Vietnam

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as in combining

to come together to form a single unit the elements hydrogen and oxygen associate to form molecules of water

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as in cooperating

to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members nations deciding to associate in order to remove trade barriers

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as in mixing

to take part in social activities you should try to associate with people your own age

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Recent Examples of associating Hoffman has apologized for associating with Epstein. —

Jordan Novet, CNBC, 5 June 2026 According to recent polling by the firm Meganálisis, Rodríguez continues to face deeply negative approval ratings, with many Venezuelans still associating the interim government with corruption, repression and economic collapse linked to the final years of Chavismo. —

Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026 As a brand built on ethical fashion on a mission to improve the industry, Everlane—and its CEO—has sold its soul to the devil by associating itself with one (if not the) most polluting fast-fashion player in the world. —

Clara Ludmir, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 For background, the usual race idolaters expressed fierce outrage over Clark associating with Wallen, who once used a racial slur in 2021. —

Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026 Harvard University’s president and four other administrators formed what became known as the Secret Court to investigate students suspected of being gay or associating with gay students. —

USA Today, 6 May 2026 Does that ever give you pause about associating yourself so fully with one brand? —

Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 May 2026 The British royal family seems to be trying really hard to distance itself from the Epstein scandal, and part of that involves the King and the major players not associating themselves with Andrew or Fergie again. —

Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 14 Apr. 2026 Each embedding — a way of associating each point on the sphere to a point within the flag variety — can be defined by a polynomial equation. —

Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026

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In the 36 years since then, she’s been on six different treatments and — despite multiple relapses with symptoms ranging from blurred vision to migraines and memory loss — has enjoyed a peripatetic life with Fox, traveling around the country and the world and cherishing every moment together.

— ANDREW ABRAHAMS, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
The department confirmed on Thursday that an unvaccinated child in Fairfield County, under the age of 10, was diagnosed with measles after recently traveling internationally.

— Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025