The compilation of associative dictionaries is one of the main directions in contemporary linguistic, psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic studies. The great interest towards this type of dictionaries is explained by their main role in radiographing current speech. Unlike other types of dictionaries (especially analogical ones), which are based on the lexical units supplied by the existent dictionaries (explanatory, or of synonyms), regardless of whether these units are used or are not used by speakers at a certain period of time, the associative dictionary operates with units that are used at a certain period of time, regardless of whether these units are or are not registered in dictionaries. In other words, an associative dictionary is presented as a "mirror" not only of the "physiognomy of language" as a whole, but also as a "mirror" of the speaker’s mental and emotional state.