as·so·ci·a·tion ( -s s - sh n, -sh -)n.1. The act of associating or the state of being associated. 2. An organized body of people who have an interest, activity, or purpose in common; a society. 3. a. A mental connection or relation between thoughts, feelings, ideas, or sensations. b. A remembered or imagined feeling, emotion, idea, or sensation linked to a person, object, or idea. 4. Chemistry Any of various processes of combination, such as hydration, solvation, or complex-ion formation, depending on relatively weak chemical bonding. 5. Ecology A large number of organisms in a specific geographic area constituting a community with one or two dominant species.
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association Noun 1. a group of people with a common interest 2. the act of associating or the state of being associated 3. friendship: their association still had to remain a secret 4. a mental connection of ideas or feelings: the place contained associations for her
Association a group of persons to promote some idea, sport, or object. See also alliance, fellowship, league.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"cooperative - an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it gild, guild, social club, society, club, lodge, order - a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" fellowship, family - an association of people who share common beliefs or activities; "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship" chapter - a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter" league, conference - an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members secret society - a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers Fabian Society - an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism gang, mob, pack, ring - an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" legion - association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion" institute - an association organized to promote art or science or education sisterhood, sistership - an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest associate - a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor; "he had to consult his associate before continuing" | | 2. | association - the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"affiliation - the act of becoming formally connected or joined; "welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university" | | 3. | association - the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination; "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break"unification, union - the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union" disassociation - the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination; "I could not think of him in disassociation from his wife" | | 4. | association - the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association"remembering, memory - the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father" colligation - the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis | | 5. | association - 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"relationship - a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries | | 6. | association - 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"relation - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together | | 7. | association - (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bondingchemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions hydration - the process of combining with water; usually reversible solvation - a chemical process in which solvent molecules and molecules or ions of the solute combine to form a compound | | 8. | association - (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant speciesgroup, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit antibiosis - an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another |
association noun 1. group, company, club, order, union, class, society, league, band, set, troop, pack, camp, collection, gathering, organization, circle, corporation, alliance, coalition, partnership, federation, bunch, formation, faction, cluster, syndicate, congregation, batch, confederation, cooperative, fraternity, affiliation, posse ( slang) clique, confederacy, assemblage noun 2. friendship, relationship, link, tie, relations, bond, connection, partnership, attachment, intimacy, liaison, fellowship, affinity, familiarity, affiliation, companionship, comradeship, fraternization noun 3. connection, union, joining, linking, tie, mixing, relation, bond, pairing, combination, mixture, blend, identification, correlation, linkage, yoking, juxtaposition, lumping together, concomitance
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