associates
as-so-ci-ates
noun
People connected in work, business, or crime; colleagues.
"His business associates arrived for the meeting."
verb
To link one person or thing with another mentally.
"She associates the smell with her childhood."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: link up, colligate, connect, link, tie in, associate, relate, familiar, fellow, companion, comrade, assort
Antonyms: decouple, dissociate