• Noun: a person who joins with others in some activity; example: "he had to consult his associate before continuing"
• Noun: a person who is frequently in the company of another; examples: "drinking companions", "comrades in arms"
• Noun: any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; example: "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"
• Noun: a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
• Verb: make a logical or causal connection; examples: "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind", "colligate these facts", "I cannot relate these events at all"
• Verb: keep company with; hang out with; examples: "He associates with strange people", "She affiliates with her colleagues"
• Verb: bring or come into association or action; example: "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"
• Adj: having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; examples: "an associate member", "an associate professor"
An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer.
People tend to associate anyone who looks and behaves differently with illegal or immoral activity.