Associates' rhymes with:
initiates, affiliates, associate's, associates, chariots, cheviots, ciliates, compatriots, cypriots, eliot's, elliott's, idiots, initiates, intermediates, laureates, marriott's, opiates, patriot's, patriots
Associates' sounds like:
accedes, acetic, achatz, acidic, acidosis, acids, acoustic, acoustics, acquits, act's, acts, actus, aesthete's, aesthetes, aesthetic, aesthetics, agates, akita's, aquatic, ascetic, ashtec, ashtec's, asiatic, asides, assad's, assets, assets', assiduous, assists, associate's, associates, august's, augusta's, augustus, auschwitz, azides, aztec, azteca, aztecs