Antonyms of verb associate

1 of 3 senses of associate

Sense 1
associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect -- (make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all")
       Antonym of dissociate (Sense 2)
      => decouple, dissociate -- (regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb associate

3 senses of associate

Sense 1
associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect -- (make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all")
       => think, cogitate, cerebrate -- (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere")

Sense 2
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 3
consociate, associate -- (bring or come into association or action; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution")
       => unite, unify -- (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)