Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old associate | old pair |
| female | female associate | female pair |
| better | better associate | better pair |
| villainous | villainous associate | villainous pair |
| Other adjectives: black, young, new, former, final, mysterious, random, different. | ||
Common collocations
| character | associate character | pair character |
| time | associate time | pair time |
| characters | associate characters | pair characters |
| anyone | associate anyone | pair anyone |
Both words in one sentence
- T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous featured a pair of Dryptosaurus to associate with early 20th Century artist Charles R. Knight.
Source: Seldom-Seen Species -
A scene in Bentley Little's The Store has a rather...zealous... shoe department associate kiss and suck a customer's toes while trying on a pair of sandals she ordered.
Source: I Kiss Your Foot -
The trope is quoted almost verbatim in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind when Elijah Wood's character tells his associate that he stole a pair of a girl's panties while she was unconscious during one of their memory-erasing house calls.
Source: Dude, She's Like, in a Coma!
Cite this Source
Pair and Associate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/associate/pair
Associate & Pair. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/associate/pair>.
Pair or Associate. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/associate/pair.
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