Associate, n. 1. Companion, mate, fellow, yoke-fellow, comrade, peer, compeer, follower, consort.

2. Partner, copartner, coadjutor, colleague, confederate, ally.

Association, n. 1. Union, connection, conjunction, combination.

2. Society, fraternity, partnership, copartnership, sodality, company, band, corporation, body, guild, firm, house, confederacy, confederation, lodge, club, coterie, clique, joint concern.

Assort, v. a. Class, classify, rank, group, arrange, distribute, sort.

Assort, v. n. Agree, consort, suit, be adapted, be suitable.

Assortment, n. 1. Assorting, arranging, allotment, distribution, arrangement.

2. Class, group, set, batch, lot, parcel, stock, store, collection, pack.

3. Variety of sorts, many kinds.

Assorted, a. Of various sorts.

Assuage, v. a. Mitigate, moderate, appease, alleviate, soothe, soften, mollify, pacify, compose, tranquillize, quiet, still, quell, allay, abate, temper, attemper, lessen, qualify, relieve, ease, dull, blunt, lull.

Assuagement, n. Mitigation, alleviation, pacification, easing, abatement.

Assuasive, a. Soothing, assuaging, emollient, lenient, lenitive, mitigating, mitigative, mild.

Assume, v. a. 1. Take, undertake, take on, take upon one's self, be willing to bear.

2. Affect, feign, counterfeit, simulate, pretend to, put on.

3. Arrogate, usurp, claim unduly, make unjust pretensions to.

4. Beg, suppose, presuppose, imply, consider as true, take for granted.

Assumed name, Alias.

Assuming, a. 1. Presuming, presumptuous, forward, audacious, bold, shameless, frontless, unblushing, brazen, brazen-faced.

2. Arrogant, proud, lofty, stately, haughty, supercilious, overbearing, overweening, conceited, consequential, self-conceited, self-sufficient.

Assumption, n. 1. Assuming, arrogating, usurpation.

2. Presumption, supposition, conjecture, hypothesis, postulate, theory.

3. Haughtiness, loftiness, superciliousness, lordliness, stateliness, conceit, pride, conceitedness, self-conceit, self-importance, vain-glory, arrogance, insolence, hauteur.

Assurance, n. 1. Security, certainty, conviction, persuasion, pledge of certainty, ground of confidence.

2. Promise, engagement, word of honor.

3. Affirmation, assertion, declaration, protestation, asseveration, averment, avowal.

4. Intrepidity, courage, confidence, firmness, self-reliance.

5. Boldness, effrontery, brass, impudence, impertinence, presumption, cheek, face, front.

6. (Law.) Insurance.

Assure, v. a. 1. Make certain or sure, free from doubt or uncertainty.

2. Embolden, encourage, enhearten, hearten, make confident.

3. Declare to (confidently and earnestly), vouch to, avow to, protest to, warrant.

4. (Law.) Insure, agree to indemnify for loss, secure against loss.

Assured, a. 1. Certain, indubitable, unquestionable.

2. Confident, sure, secure, sanguine.

3. (Law.) Insured.

Assuredly, ad. Certainly, indubitably, undoubtedly, unquestionably, truly, surely, sure, without doubt.

Asteism, n. Genteel irony, polite banter or raillery, delicate ridicule.

Asterisk, n. Star (in printing).

Astern, ad. (Naut.) 1. Behind, back.

2. Backward, rearward, abaft.

Asteroid, n. Small planet.

As though, As if.

Astonish, v. a. Amaze, surprise, astound, confound, shock, stagger, stupefy, stun, dumfounder, strike dumb, strike with wonder, petrify with wonder.

Astonishment, n. Amazement, wonder, surprise, awe, admiration.

Astound, v. a. Amaze, astonish.

Astral, a. Starry, stellar, sidereal.

Astray, ad. Out of the right way, on the wrong scent.

Astringent, a. Binding, contracting, styptic.

Astute, a. 1. Cunning, crafty, intriguing, wily, artful, sly, subtle, arch, deep, Machiavelian.

2. Shrewd, sagacious, acute, sharp, quick, discerning, ingenious, perspicacious, keen, intelligent, long-headed, keen-sighted, clear-sighted, quick-sighted, eagle-eyed.

Astuteness, n. 1. Cunning, craft, craftiness, subtlety, artfulness, art, artifice, slyness, deceit, duplicity, wiliness, guile.

2. Shrewdness, acuteness, sharpness, perspicacity, discernment, penetration, sagacity, ingenuity, mother-wit, quick parts.