Associate and Enemy

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Associate noun - A person frequently seen in the company of another.

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Enemy is an antonym for associate in colleague topic.

Enemy noun - One that is hostile toward another.

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Associate is an antonym for enemy in someone hated or competed against topic.

human	human associate	human enemy
old	old associate	old enemy
female	female associate	female enemy
regular	regular associate	regular enemy
Other adjectives: evil, potential, personal, new, former, final, mysterious, primary, random, unknown, different, generic, closest, invisible.

Enemy Of My Enemy: Many black South Africans associate the Springboks with apartheid and therefore don't like them.

Source: Film / Invictus
Combat Medic: The Engineer fills this role rather than his usual "capture enemy structures" role you'd associate such a unit with.

Source: Video Game / Eight Bit Armies
He unleashes it when struggling against a difficult enemy gets heaped on top of the other issues currently plaguing him — becoming a CIA lackey, failing to protect his father's old associate, and having no leads on his father's whereabouts.

Source: Rage Breaking Point

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