Associate
Associate verb - To come or be together as friends.
Communicate and associate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Communicate" instead a verb "Associate".
Communicate
Communicate verb - To cause (something) to pass from one to another.
Associate and communicate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Associate" instead a verb "Communicate".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Lemony and his associate in the city communicate by sending notes "disguised" as book orders to the library.
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Because You Were Nice to Me: Despite Yugami not closing the window when she asks him to and classmates telling her not to associate with him, Chihiro persists in trying to communicate with Yugami because he helped her the second she arrived at school and this leaves an impression on her.
Cite this Source
Communicate and Associate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/associate/communicate
Associate & Communicate. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/associate/communicate>.
Communicate or Associate. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/associate/communicate.
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