cooperator

noun

co·​op·​er·​a·​tor kō-ˈä-pə-ˌrā-tər 

plural -s

1

: one that cooperates:

a

: coworker, colleague, collaborator

the cooperators with whom he worked

b

: one who follows with thoroughness the directions or suggestions of a government, governmental agency, or political party

soil conservation programs gaining more cooperators

2

: a member of a cooperative : an advocate of cooperative principles and practices

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin, from cooperatus + -or

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Rhymes for cooperator

• accelerator
• accumulator
• adjudicator
• administrator
• appropriator
• articulator
• attenuator
• bronchodilator
• collaborator
• communicator
• conciliator
• coordinator