The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Associative \As*so"ci*a*tive\, a. Having the quality of associating; tending or leading to association; as, the associative faculty. --Hugh Miller. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
associative adj 1: characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination ; "associative learning" [syn: associative, associatory] [ant: nonassociative]