associable

[uh-soh-shee-uh-buhl, -see-, -shuh-buhl]

adjective

1. capable of being associated.

2. (of a nation or state) belonging to an economic association.

noun

1. an associable nation or state.

Other Word Forms

• associability noun
• associableness noun
• nonassociability noun
• nonassociable adjective
• unassociable adjective
• unassociably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of associable¹

First recorded in 1605–15; associ(ate) + -able

Example Sentences

Accounts have suggested it was chosen to make the drug instantly associable with Mexicans, or non-white people.

From The Guardian

In short, nothing of the extravagance of the time, on either side, is associable with the outset of Jeffrey's career.

From Project Gutenberg

According to Chladni, these concomitants occurred, and to me they seem—rather brutal?—or not associable with something so soft and gentle as a fall of pollen?

From Project Gutenberg

For the objects of any two ideas need not have co- existed in the same sensation in order to become mutually associable.

From Project Gutenberg

What expansion, what liberty of heart, in speech: how associable to music, to singing, the written lines!

From Project Gutenberg

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