COOPERATIVE Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

kō-ˈä-p(ə-)rə-tiv

Definition of cooperative

as in collaborative

used or done by a number of people as a group a cooperative space project undertaken by Russia and the U.S.

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Recent Examples of cooperative

Adjective

Flight attendants say small gestures like making eye contact, greeting crew, and saying thank you signal cooperative, respectful passengers. — Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2026 The man was cooperative, and was not cited or detained by Los Angeles Police Department officers, according to Brown. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Noun

The concept is also being developed as a solidarity cooperative, a structure in which the community and employees would have ownership in the business. — April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The staff of the cooperative sent out a distress call when the men were not heard from. — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cooperative

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooperative

Adjective

Golden Goose is evolving into a platform where product shifts into experiences, and stores become collaborative spaces for self-expression.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
The project will be collaborative, not just within the nine museums, but amongst Cameroonian communities.

— News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of collaborative

Noun

There is a subset of incoming college first year students, men and women, who find these organizations really appealing, and some of it is entirely understandable.

— Richard Hall, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
The county’s options for the facility range from holding Discovery Place in default and taking over the nature museum to accepting Discovery Place’s terms and giving the organization decades to repay the debt, staff said.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of organization

Noun

That capability has been central to the partnership since the 2016 GHGSat Pathfinder mission.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
India is trying to balance its ties with Russia against its growing partnerships with the United States and other Western powers.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of partnership

Adjective

However, that proposal was shelved after securing consensus among Group of Seven nations to coordinate a joint strategic petroleum reserve release.

— , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Megelin Red Light Heating Glove Red light therapy, in context of the hands, has been linked to decreases in joint swelling, improved circulation, and the alleviation of arthritic discomfort.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of joint

Noun

The clash added another layer to a campaign in which el Sayed’s positions on foreign policy and his associations with prominent progressive figures have become points of contention.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
The hospitality and hotel sector is one of Europe’s largest employers, with more than 10 million people working across 2 million businesses, according to data from Hotrec, the association of hotels, restaurants, bars, and cafés in Europe.

— Ted Kitterman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of association

Adjective

The combined engineering of spatial, acoustic and visual experiences is, perhaps, still not fully appreciated.

— Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026
For decades, Wiener shaped the Austrian art scene with her combined textile, photography, painting, and collage works, as well as through notable collaborations with the likes of Valie Export and Dieter Roth.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of combined

Noun

Their investigation takes them to Echo Canyon Farm, a commune run by a charismatic cult leader, Lawrence Cole (Damon Herriman); Tommy had been living there at the time of his death.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026
Speaking of those chickens, Schreiber—whose fear of poultry started as a child, when his hippie parents moved the family to a commune in Canada—seems to be successfully conquering this particular anxiety.

— Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026

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