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Association

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

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Narrower term 24

Affiliation 76% connected

Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.

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Club 76% connected

A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.

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Colligation 76% connected

A binding together.

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Conference 76% connected

The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.

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Cooperative 76% connected

Operating jointly to the same end.

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Family 76% connected

The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as…

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Fellowship 76% connected

The state or relation of being or associate.

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Fraternization 76% connected

The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers.

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Gang 76% connected

To go; to walk.

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Gild 76% connected

To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.

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Guild 76% connected

An association of men belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits, formed for mutual aid and protection; a business fraternity or cor…

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Hydration 76% connected

The act of becoming, or state of being, a hydrate.

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Institute 76% connected

Established; organized; founded.

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League 76% connected

A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land m…

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Legion 76% connected

A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- t…

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Lodge 76% connected

A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.

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Mob 76% connected

A mobcap.

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Pack 76% connected

A pact.

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Pool 76% connected

A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for wat…

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Ring 76% connected

To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

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Sisterhood 76% connected

The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.

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Society 76% connected

The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.

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Syndicate 76% connected

The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics.

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Group 76% connected

A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of…

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Grouping 76% connected

of Group

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Memory 76% connected

The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events.

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Organization 76% connected

The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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Relation 76% connected

The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

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Relationship 76% connected

The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance.

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Remembering 76% connected

of Remember

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Unification 76% connected

The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.

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Union 76% connected

The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.

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Derivationally related 4

Associate 74% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

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Associate 74% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

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Consociate 74% connected

An associate; an accomplice.

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Consociate 74% connected

An associate; an accomplice.

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Member part 2

Associate 70% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

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Chapter 70% connected

A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

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Synonym 4

Affiliation 92% connected

Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.

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Connection 92% connected

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Connexion 92% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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Tie 92% connected

A knot; a fastening.

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