| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | amalgamate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blend |
| Synonyms: | admix, alloy, ally, coalesce, combine, come together, compound, consolidate, fuse, hook up with, incorporate, integrate, interface, intermix, join together, meld, merge, mingle, network, pool, team up, tie in, tie up, unite |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | abet, abide by, advocate, ally, angel*, assist, bankroll, boost, champion, countenance, encourage, endorse, favor, finance, give a boost, give a leg up, give a lift, go to bat for, grubstake, sanction, second, side with, sponsor, stake, stand behind, stick by, stick up for, subsidize, sustain, underwrite, uphold |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | connect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | combine, link |
| Synonyms: | affix, ally, associate, attach, bridge, cohere, come aboard, conjoin, consociate, correlate, couple, equate, fasten, get into, hitch on, hook on, hook up, interface, join, join up with, marry, meld with, network with, plug into, relate, slap on, span, tack on, tag, tag on, tie in, tie in with, unite, wed, yoke |
| Antonyms: | disconnect |
| Main Entry: | cool |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chill |
| Synonyms: | abate, air-condition, air-cool, ally, calm, freeze, frost, infrigidate, lessen, lose heat, mitigate, moderate, reduce, refrigerate, temper |
| Antonyms: | heat, warm |
| Main Entry: | identify with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put oneself in the place of another |
| Synonyms: | ally, associate, empathize, feel for, put in same category, put oneself in another's shoes, relate to, respond to, see through someone's eyes, sympathize, think of in connection, understand |
| Main Entry: | knit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intertwine |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, affix, ally, bind, cable, connect, contract, crochet, fasten, heal, interlace, intermingle, join, link, loop, mend, net, purl, repair, secure, sew, spin, tie, unite, weave, web |
| Notes: | to knit means to make a fabric or garment by intertwining yarn or thread in a series of connected loops by using knitting needles or on a machine, while a nit is the egg or young of a parasitic insect |
| Antonyms: | unknit |
| Main Entry: | league |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | associate |
| Synonyms: | ally, amalgamate, band, coadjute, collaborate, combine, concur, confederate, conjoin, consolidate, cooperate, federate, join forces, unite |
| Antonyms: | disassociate |