Association

Noun

 * 1) The act of associating.
 * 2) The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
 * 3) A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.

Adjectives for Association
intimate; gloomy;  ancestral;  disparate; incidental;   promiscuous;    philanthropic;   mournful;  obscure;  historical; tenuous;  scandalous; polite; charitable; congenial;  unpleasant; childish;  cherished; tender; undefinable; endearing; memorable; haphazard; obligatory; natural; exclusive;  ghastly; imperious; voluntary;   indissoluble; subtle; casual; facile; aesthetic; unanalyzed; curious; struggling; unsavory; venerable; daily;   picturesque;   legendary; democratic; classic.

Verbs for Association
admit to—; affiliate with—; awaken—;combine in—; conceive—; confederate into—; conjure up —s; connect with—; deal with—; disband—; disorganize—; disrupt—; distinguish—; endow—; establish—;exclude from—; expel from—; father—;found—; frequent—; immortalize—; incorporate—; laud—; league into—; manage—; nurse—; oppose—; organize—; outlaw—; quarter at—; revive—; support—; terminate—; unite in—; vouch for—; — aims at; —classifies; —s combine; —confers upon; —flourishes; —fosters; —rivals;—sets forth; —springs up.

Thesaurus
accompaniment; accord; accordance; addition; adjunct; advisory body; affairs; affiliation; affinity; agglomeration; aggregation; agreement; alignment; alliance; amalgamation; approximation; assemblage; assembly; assimilation; association by contiguity; association of ideas; bench; blend; blending; board; body of advisers; bond; bonding; borough council; brain trust; cabal; cabinet; cahoots; camaraderie; camarilla; cartel; centralization; chain of thought; chamber; city council; clang association; closeness; co-working; coaction; coadunation; coalescence; coalition; cochairmanship; coincidence; collaboration; colleagueship; collectivity; collegialism; collegiality; collusion; combination; combine; combined effort; combo; common council; community; companionship; company; complicity; composition; comradeship; concert; concerted action; concomitance; concordance; concourse; concurrence; condominium; confederacy; confederation; conference; confluence; confraternity; congeries; conglomeration; congress; conjugation; conjunction; connectedness; connection; consilience; consociation; consolidation; consortium; consortship; conspiracy; consultative assembly; contiguity; contrariety; contribution; controlled association; cooperation; cooperative; copartnership; copartnery; correspondence; cotenancy; council; council fire; council of ministers; council of state; council of war; county council; court; current of thought; dealings; deduction; deliberative assembly; diet; directory; disjunction; divan; ecumenism; embodiment; encompassment; engagement; enosis; federalization; federation; fellowship; filiation; flow of thought; fraternalism; fraternity; fraternization; free association; freemasonry; friendship; fusion; group; guild; having a part; homology; hookup; identification; inclusion; incorporation; inmost thoughts; integration; intercourse; intimacy; involvement; joining; joint chairmanship; joint control; joint ownership; joint tenancy; junction; junta; kitchen cabinet; league; legislature; liaison; link; linkage; linking; marriage; meld; melding; membership; mental linking; merger; mutual attraction; nearness; negative transference; organization; package; package deal; pairing; parasitism; parish council; partaking; participation; partnership; positive transference; privy council; propinquity; proximity; rapport; relatedness; relation; relations; relationship; saprophytism; secret thoughts; sharing; similarity; simultaneity; social circle; social class; society; sodality; solidification; sorority; soviet; staff; stream of consciousness; suffrage; symbiosis; sympathy; synchronism; syncretism; syndicate; syndication; syneresis; synergy; synesthesia; synod; synthesis; thoughts; tie; tie-in; tie-up; train of thought; transference; tribunal; unification; union; united action; voting; wedding

Etymology
From associationem:, from associare: (perhaps via  association:).

Derived terms

 * guilt by association

Related terms

 * associate
 * associational