| Main Entry: | affiliate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | associate or be associated with a larger organization |
Synonyms: |
ally, amalgamate, annex, associate, band together, combine, come aboard, confederate, connect, form connection, go partners, hook up, incorporate, join, line up, plug into, relate*, team up, throw in with, tie up, unite |
Antonyms: |
disjoin, separate, stay away |
| Main Entry: | affiliated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | associated |
Synonyms: |
connected, joined, related, united |
| Main Entry: | adopt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choose or take something as one's own |
Synonyms: |
accept, adapt, affiliate, affirm, appropriate, approve, assent, assume, borrow, embrace, endorse, espouse, follow, go down the line, go in for, imitate, maintain, mimic, opt, ratify, seize, select, support, take on, take over, take up, tap, use, utilize |
Antonyms: |
disown, leave alone, reject, repudiate, repulse |
| Main Entry: | akin |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | related or connected |
Synonyms: |
affiliated, agnate, alike, allied, analogous, cognated, comparable, connate, consonant, corresponding, incident, kindred, like, parallel, similar |
Antonyms: |
alien, disconnected, unconnected, unrelated |
| Main Entry: | align |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join; bring to agreement |
Synonyms: |
affiliate, agree, ally, associate, cooperate, enlist, follow, join sides, sympathize |
Antonyms: |
disjoin |
| Main Entry: | allied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly; united |
Synonyms: |
affiliated, agnate, akin, amalgamated, associated, bound, cognate, combined, confederate, connate, connected, in league, incident, joined, joint, kindred, linked, married, related, unified, wed |
Antonyms: |
disunited, estranged, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | ancestral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | related to previous family or family trait |
Synonyms: |
affiliated, born with, congenital, consanguine, consanguineous, familial, genealogical, in the family, inborn, inbred, inherited, innate, lineal, maternal, old, past, paternal, running in the family, totemic, tribal |
| Main Entry: | associate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | connect in the mind |
Synonyms: |
affiliate, blend, bracket, combine, concord, conjoin, correlate, couple, group, identify, join, league, link, lump together, mix, pair, relate, think of together, unite, yoke |
Antonyms: |
disconnect, disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divide, part, separate, sever |
| Main Entry: | attach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | socially join |
Synonyms: |
accompany, affiliate, associate, become associated with, combine, enlist, join forces with, latch onto, sign on with, sign up with, unite with |
Antonyms: |
disjoin, disunite, divorce |
| Main Entry: | band |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | group or join group |
Synonyms: |
affiliate, ally, amalgamate, belt, coadjute, combine, conjoin, consolidate, federate, gather, league, merge, team, unite |