'association' definitions:
Definition of 'association'
(from WordNet)
noun
A formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"
noun
The act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"
noun
The state of being connected together as in memory or imagination; "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break" [ant: disassociation]
noun
The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association" [syn: association, connection, connexion]
noun
A social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England" [syn: affiliation, association, tie, tie-up]
noun
A relation resulting from interaction or dependence; "flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear"; "the host is not always injured by association with a parasite"
noun
(chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
noun
(ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species
Synonyms of 'association'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accompaniment,
- accord,
- accordance,
- addition,
- adjunct,
- advisory body,
- affairs,
- affiliation,
- affinity,
- agglomeration,
- aggregation,
- agreement,
- alignment,
- alliance,
- amalgamation,
- Anschluss,
- approximation,
- assemblage,
- assembly,
- assimilation,
- association by contiguity,
- association of ideas,
- bench,
- blend,
- blending,
- board,
- body of advisers,
- bond,
- bonding,
- borough council,
- brain trust,
- British Cabinet,
- cabal,
- cabinet,
- cahoots,
- camaraderie,
- camarilla,
- cartel,
- centralization,
- chain of thought,
- chamber,
- city council,
- clang association,
- closeness,
- co-working,
- coaction,
- coadunation,
- coalescence,
- coalition,
- cochairmanship,
- coincidence,
- collaboration,
- colleagueship,
- collectivity,
- collegialism,
- collegiality,
- collusion,
- combination,
- combine,
- combined effort,
- combo,
- common council,
- community,
- companionship,
- company,
- complicity,
- composition,
- comradeship,
- concert,
- concerted action,
- concomitance,
- concordance,
- concourse,
- concurrence,
- condominium,
- confederacy,
- confederation,
- conference,
- confluence,
- confraternity,
- congeries,
- conglomeration,
- congress,
- conjugation,
- conjunction,
- connectedness,
- connection,
- consilience,
- consociation,
- consolidation,
- consortium,
- consortship,
- conspiracy,
- consultative assembly,
- contiguity,
- contrariety,
- contribution,
- controlled association,
- cooperation,
- cooperative,
- copartnership,
- copartnery,
- correspondence,
- cotenancy,
- council,
- council fire,
- council of ministers,
- council of state,
- council of war,
- county council,
- court,
- current of thought,
- dealings,
- deduction,
- deliberative assembly,
- diet,
- directory,
- disjunction,
- divan,
- ecumenism,
- embodiment,
- encompassment,
- engagement,
- enosis,
- federalization,
- federation,
- fellowship,
- filiation,
- flow of thought,
- fraternalism,
- fraternity,
- fraternization,
- free association,
- freemasonry,
- friendship,
- fusion,
- group,
- guild,
- having a part,
- homology,
- hookup,
- identification,
- inclusion,
- incorporation,
- inmost thoughts,
- integration,
- intercourse,
- intimacy,
- involvement,
- joining,
- joint chairmanship,
- joint control,
- joint ownership,
- joint tenancy,
- junction,
- junta,
- kitchen cabinet,
- league,
- legislature,
- liaison,
- link,
- linkage,
- linking,
- marriage,
- meld,
- melding,
- membership,
- mental linking,
- merger,
- mutual attraction,
- nearness,
- negative transference,
- organization,
- package,
- package deal,
- pairing,
- parasitism,
- parish council,
- partaking,
- participation,
- partnership,
- positive transference,
- privy council,
- propinquity,
- proximity,
- rapport,
- relatedness,
- relation,
- relations,
- relationship,
- Sanhedrin,
- saprophytism,
- secret thoughts,
- sharing,
- similarity,
- simultaneity,
- social circle,
- social class,
- society,
- sodality,
- solidification,
- sorority,
- soviet,
- staff,
- stream of consciousness,
- suffrage,
- symbiosis,
- sympathy,
- synchronism,
- syncretism,
- syndicate,
- syndication,
- syneresis,
- synergy,
- synesthesia,
- synod,
- synthesis,
- thoughts,
- tie,
- tie-in,
- tie-up,
- train of thought,
- transference,
- tribunal,
- unification,
- union,
- united action,
- US Cabinet,
- voting,
- wedding
Words containing 'association'
- associability,
- associable,
- associableness,
- associate,
- associated,
- associational,
- associative,
- Association of ideas,
- associate degree,
- associate in arts,
- associate in nursing,
- associate professor,
- associated state,
- association area,
- association cortex,
- association football,
- association of orangemen,
- association theory,
- associative aphasia,
- free association,
- guilt by association,
- press association,
- professional association,
- associate in applied science,
- free-associate,
- international development association,
- national association of realtors,
- national rifle association,
- national volunteers association,
- savings and loan association,
- ulster defence association,
- world tamil association,
- Federal National Mortgage Association,
- Young Men's Christian Association,
- Young Women's Christian Association,
- association for the advancement of retired persons,
- association of islamic groups and communities,
- association of southeast asian nations,
- international association of lions clubs,
- national association of securities dealers automated quotations