Associate
Associate noun - A person frequently seen in the company of another.
Usage example: a number of his associates were members of organized crime, so he was a person of interest to the FBI
Classmate and associate are semantically related In some cases you can use "Classmate" instead a noun "Associate".
Classmate
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- friend and associate
- friend and classmate
- fellow and associate
- fellow and classmate
- familiar and associate
- familiar and classmate
- partner and associate
- partner and classmate
- acquaintance and associate
- acquaintance and classmate
- companion and associate
- companion and classmate
- colleague and associate
- colleague and classmate
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