Entry Word: rapport

Function: noun

Meaning: a friendly relationship marked by ready communication and mutual understanding <his good rapport with his students was one of the reasons why the school board named him Teacher of the Year>

Synonyms communion, fellowship, rapprochement

Related Words accord, agreement, concord, harmony; oneness, solidarity, togetherness, unity; affinity, empathy, sympathy, understanding; amity, chumminess, companionship, friendship; reciprocity, symbiosis

Near Antonyms alienation, disaffection, estrangement; coldness, cold shoulder, distance, iciness; animosity, antagonism, enmity, hostility, rancor, spite