Entry Word: collective

Function: adjective

Meaning: used or done by a number of people as a group <the cleanup of the neighborhood park was a collective effort for which many people should be thanked>

Synonyms combined, common, communal, concerted, conjoint, joint, mutual, public, shared, united

Related Words cooperative, reciprocal, symbiotic; mass, popular; general, generic, universal

Near Antonyms personal, private; independent, separate; particular, special, specialized

Antonyms individual, single, sole