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affiliated

affiliated

1 4.6
Officially connected to a larger organization
  • adjective
  • /əˈfɪl.i.eɪ.tɪd/
translation icon : afiliado
  • She was proud to be affiliated with a prestigious university that focuses on research and innovation.

Like, it's not you're not now mob affiliated.

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Examples

  • And that union is closely affiliated with the Communist Party.

  • That same year, the Affiliated Democratic Women's Clubs of Georgia sponsored a jury school for women in Savannah.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Excuse me, sir, would you please vote for the Affiliated Farm Workers Movement?

  • The Affiliated Farm Workers Union?

  • I'm not affiliated with any party, but I would tend towards Democratic.

    Blog text (7)
  • Martin Luther King's father becomes a civil rights leader affiliated with the N double ACP.

  • There's a really great Stanford affiliated program, positive coaching Alliance.

  • Thirty-nine percent of the institutions are public, 43 percent are private, non-church affiliated, and 18 percent are private, church affiliated.

    Academic text (1993)
  • My name is Ree Wilkinson-Morsette, and I am Creek and Cherokee from Oklahoma and Arikara from the Three Affiliated Tribes.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Beyond this commonality, the profiles of independent schools across the country vary tremendously, from schools with multiple sprawling campuses to tiny urban schools serving students from pre-K to 12, including both religiously affiliated and secular institutions.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

allied
vsaffiliated
346 4.3

Joined with other groups to work together for a common purpose

is officially attached to a larger organization rather than formed for joint action
connected
vsaffiliated
2.5

In a close relationship with other people or groups

is officially attached to a larger organization rather than just associated

Antonyms

15 6.6

Not officially connected to any group or organization

Having parts or ideas that do not fit together clearly

How Connected

merged
3.7
integrated
2 3.8
affiliated
1 4.6
allied
346 4.3
unaffiliated
15 6.6

Surface Forms

affiliated positive

Morphology

affiliated = affiliate (transparent) = affiliate + ed

Formed by the regular adjectival/past-participle suffix '-ed' from the verb 'affiliate', so its meaning 'attached/connected' follows directly from the base.

Etymology

Affiliated comes from Latin words ad- 'to' and filius 'son', so it originally meant 'made a son' or 'joined to a family'. That's why today something affiliated is attached to or part of a larger group or organization.