affiliating
Linking with organizations
Affiliating is the act of connecting or associating with a group, organization, or cause.
Someone affiliating with a political party joins or aligns themselves with it: She's affiliating with the local chapter.
Organizations affiliate by forming official partnerships: The clinic is affiliating with the university hospital.
The word suggests formal association rather than casual connection.
Formally joining an organization
- unitingCombining into one
- associatingMentally linking concepts
- connectingEstablishing a link
- bondingForming close connections
linking · merging · integrating · combining · attaching · aligning · allying · incorporating
Regular membership payments
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
- cardStiff paper rectangle
- renewalMaking current again
benefits · privileges · club · society · fraternity · sorority · guild · fellowship
Temporary alliance for action
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- blocAllied group sharing interests
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- unionJoining into one
league · consortium · network · pact · treaty · entente · syndicate · alignment
enrolling
Formally joining an organization
- unitingCombining into one
- associatingMentally linking concepts
- connectingEstablishing a link
bonding · linking · merging · integrating · combining · attaching · aligning · allying · incorporating · enlisting
dues
Regular membership payments
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
- cardStiff paper rectangle
renewal · benefits · privileges · club · society · fraternity · sorority · guild · fellowship · brotherhood
coalition
Temporary alliance for action
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- blocAllied group sharing interests
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
union · league · consortium · network · pact · treaty · entente · syndicate · alignment · axis
- Relatinglinking, connecting, pertaining, associating, correlating
- teamworkteamwork, co-op mode, collaborate, team games, assists
affiliatingdisaffiliating
Withdrawing from membership
withdrawing · resigning · seceding · leaving · disjoining
affiliatingseparating
Dividing into parts
distancing · dissociating · detaching · disconnecting · disjoining
- gang affiliationAssociation with criminal organization
- party affiliationDeclared political membership
- religious affiliationsDeclared spiritual group connections
- tribal affiliationBelonging to indigenous group