Associate and Dissociate

Opposite meaning words

Associate verb - To come or be together as friends.

Usage example: a socially ambitious couple who joined the country club in order to associate with the right sort of people

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Dissociate is an antonym for associate in topics: connect, befriend, connect in the mind.

Dissociate verb - To set or force apart.

Usage example: attempts to dissociate herself from her troubled past

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Associate is an antonym for dissociate in separate topic.

Nearby Words: dissociation, dissociable, dissociating, dissociative, dissocial

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