Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb affiliate
2 senses of affiliate
Sense 1
consort, associate, affiliate, assort -- (keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues")
=> interact -- (act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues")
Sense 2
affiliate -- (join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"; "They affiliated with a national group")
=> join, fall in, get together -- (become part of; become a member of a group or organization; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man")
Antonyms of adj affiliated
1 sense of affiliated
Sense 1
affiliated, attached, connected -- (being joined in close association; "affiliated clubs"; "all art schools whether independent or attached to universities")
INDIRECT (VIA related) -> unrelated -- (lacking a logical or causal relation)
Similarity of adj affiliated
1 sense of affiliated
Sense 1
affiliated, attached, connected -- (being joined in close association; "affiliated clubs"; "all art schools whether independent or attached to universities")
=> related (vs. unrelated), related to -- (being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics ; "painting and the related arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to micelle formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces")