Thesaurus:associate

Thesaurus

associate

English

Noun

Sense: person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business

Synonyms

• adjunct    [⇒ thesaurus]
• associate
• business partner
• cohort
• colaborer
• colabourer
• collaborator
• colleague
• compeer
• confrere
• consociate
• coworker
• co-worker
• fellow
• workfellow
• workmate

Hypernyms

• employe
• employee
• laborer
• labourer
• person    [⇒ thesaurus]
• toiler
• workie (dialectal)
• worker    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• girl Friday
• man Friday
• officemate
• office mate
• partner
• right-hand man
• right-hand woman

Various

• accomplice
• aide
• apprentice
• assistant
• boss    [⇒ thesaurus]
• coconspirator
• helper
• helpmate
• helpmeet
• manager
• mentee
• mentor
• supervisor
• trainee
• trainer

See also

• Thesaurus:acquaintance
• Thesaurus:attendant
• Thesaurus:friend

Further reading

• “711. auxiliary” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “88. accompaniment” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “890. friend” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “associate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.