free-associate

1. 1.

   associate freely

   “Let's associate freely to bring up old memories”

   Broaderassociate

   psychotherapy

Questions about free-associate

What does free-associate mean?

free-associate means "associate freely".

How many syllables are in free-associate?

free-associate has 5 syllables and divides as fre-e--as-so-ciate under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is free-associate a common word?

free-associate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.