Synonyms of the word

affiliation

• n. The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.
• n. (law) The establishment of a child's paternity or maternity.
• n. A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union.

association

• n. The act of associating.
• n. The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
• n. (statistics) Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent…
• n. A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
• n. (object-oriented programming) Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance…

relationship

• n. Connection or association; the condition of being related.
• n. Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.
• n. A romantic or sexual involvement.
• n. A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other.
• n. (music) The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.

tie

• n. A knot; a fastening.
• n. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
• n. A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black…
• n. The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
• n. A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which…
• n. A strong connection between people or groups of people; a bond.
• n. (construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
• n. (rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together…
• n. (cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs…
• n. (sports, Britain) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
• n. (music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a…
• n. (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
• n. (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
• n. (graph theory) connection between two vertices.
• v. (transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
• v. (transitive) To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
• v. (transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
• v. (transitive) To secure (something) by string or the like.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
• v. (US, transitive) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
• v. (music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.

tie-up

• n. A temporary interruption or cessation of a normal activity.