association

association
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. club, organization (See party); fraternity; partnership, combination, league; analogy (See relation). See accompaniment, cooperation.Ant., disunion, rupture.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [The act of associating]
Syn. fraternization, socializing, friendship, acquaintanceship, cooperation, assistance, relationship, affiliation, agreement, participation, companionship, intercourse, intimacy, fellowship, familiarity, friendliness, camaraderie, membership, acquaintance, mingling, union, community, bond, connection.
Ant. disagreement*, severance, rupture.
2. [The process of intellectual comParison]
Syn. connection, relation, comParison, linking, correlation, identification, mental connection, train of thought, chain of ideas, free association, recollection, impression, remembrance, suggestibility.
Ant. separation*, dissociation, segregation.
3. [An organization]
Syn. union, federation, corporation; see organization 3 .
4. [Companionship]
Syn. alliance, partnership, friendship; see fellowship 2 , friendship 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. group society, club, organization, fraternity, corporation, confederation, league, alliance, union, partnership.
2. friendship fellowship, relationship, affiliation, fraternization, companionship, alliance.
3. linking together correlation, pairing, lumping together, relationship, connection, juxtaposition.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The state of being associated: affiliation, alliance, combination, conjunction, connection, cooperation, partnership. See NEAR. 2. A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common: club, confederation, congress, federation, fellowship, fraternity, guild, league, order, organization, society, sorority, union. See GROUP. 3. A group of athletic teams that play each other: circuit, conference, league, loop. See GROUP. 4. Something, such as a feeling, thought, or idea, associated in one's mind or imagination with a specific person or thing: connection, connotation, suggestion. See SUGGEST.

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