association

• "he joined the Modern Language Association"

• "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"

• "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break"

• "conditioning is a form of learning by association"

Synonyms

• connectiona relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); the state of being connected; an instrumentality that connects; (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; a connecting shape ; a supplier (especially of narcotics) ; shifting from one form of transportation to another; the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
• connexiona connecting shape ; a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; an instrumentality that connects; shifting from one form of transportation to another; the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)

• "a valuable financial affiliation"
• "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"
• "many close associations with England"

Synonyms

• affiliationa social or business relationship; the act of becoming formally connected or joined
• tiefasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.; limit or restrict to; connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; form a knot or bow in; create social or emotional ties; perform a marriage ceremony; make by tying pieces together; unite musical notes by a tie ; neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front; a social or business relationship; equality of score in a contest ; a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating; a fastener that serves to join or connect; the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided; (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied
• tie-upa social or business relationship; an interruption of normal activity

• "flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear"
• "the host is not always injured by association with a parasite"