affiliate
Linked group member
Affiliate connects to the idea of adoption into a group or network.
An affiliate is an organization or person attached to a larger body: a local affiliate of the national broadcaster, affiliate marketing.
To affiliate is to formally connect or associate: The hospital affiliated with the university.
Affiliated suggests membership without full absorption—linked but somewhat independent.
Professional associate
- associateConnect mentally or socially
- fellowMan or companion
- peerOne of similar standing
- allySupportive partner
collaborator · partner · confederate · cohort · comrade · coworker · compatriot · supporter
Directing someone elsewhere
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- franchiseeLicensed brand operator
- resellerMerchant who redistributes goods
distributor · licensing · co-branding · sponsorship · endorsement · collaboration · agent · broker
Division of a book
- branchDivision or woody limb
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- divisionSplitting into parts
- offshootDerivative outgrowth
local · franchise · parent company · spinoff · satellite · outpost · consortium · federation
colleague
Professional associate
ally · collaborator · partner · confederate · cohort · comrade · coworker · compatriot · supporter · backer
referral
Directing someone elsewhere
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- franchiseeLicensed brand operator
reseller · distributor · licensing · co-branding · sponsorship · endorsement · collaboration · agent · broker · representative
chapter
Division of a book
- branchDivision or woody limb
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- divisionSplitting into parts
offshoot · local · franchise · parent company · spinoff · satellite · outpost · consortium · federation · coalition
enlist
Join armed forces
- enrollFormally join a program
- sign upFormally agree to participate
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
join · connect · align · unite · link · attach · integrate · incorporate · merge · admit
- branchesbough, limb, twig, sprig, shoot
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- televisionTV, television, broadcast, TV shows, TV series
- broadcastingbroadcasting, TV, radio, television, news
- organizationsorganization, organizations, company, companies, club
- affiliationsmember, associate, subscriber, patron, donor
affiliateseparate
To set apart
disaffiliate · sever · independent · disjoin · disconnect
affiliateparent company
Firm owning subsidiary businesses
holding company · parent · headquarters · franchisor · principal
affiliateenemy
Hostile opposing party
rival · adversary · competitor · opponent · antagonist
- local affiliateArea broadcaster linked to network
- gang affiliationAssociation with criminal organization
- affiliate linkTracked URL earning commissions
- party affiliationDeclared political membership
- not affiliated
- affiliate marketingCommission-based product promotion
affiliation, affiliated, unaffiliated, affiliates, affiliating, affiliations, disaffiliation, disaffiliate, disaffiliated