association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"

compeer, equal, peer, match - a person who is of equal standing with another in a group

adjunct - a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another

affiliate - a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization

ally, friend - an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; "he's a good ally in fight"

bedfellow - a temporary associate; "politics makes strange bedfellows"

cooperator, pardner, partner, collaborator - an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest; "the musician and the librettist were collaborators"; "sexual partners"

confrere, colleague, fellow - a person who is member of one's class or profession; "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers"

fellow member, member - one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family"

participant - someone who takes part in an activity

shipmate - an associate on the same ship with you

teammate, mate - a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates"

date, escort - a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking"

friend - a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"

academic degree, degree - an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"

remember - exercise, or have the power of, memory; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others"

cerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"

interrelate - place into a mutual relationship; "I cannot interrelate these two events"

correlate - bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation; "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information"

identify - conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus"

free-associate - associate freely; "Let's associate freely to bring up old memories"

have in mind, think of, mean - intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"

decouple, dissociate - regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology"

interact - act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues"

ally - become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage; "He allied himself with the Communists"

go steady, date, go out, see - date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!"

unite, unify - act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief

walk - be or act in association with; "We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters"; "Walk with God"