free-associate

[ free-uh-soh-shee-eyt, -see- ]

verb (used without object)

, free-as·so·ci·at·ed, free-as·so·ci·at·ing.

1. to engage in free association.

Word History and Origins

Origin of free-associate¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

We are more likely in email to free associate and say what comes to our mind, and not realize how the person is going to react.

From The Daily Beast