COLLABORATIVE Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

collaborative

adjective

as in collective

used or done by a number of people as a group a culture in which the raising of children is regarded as a collaborative endeavor for a whole village

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Recent Examples of collaborative Your 7th House of Partnership softens as self-worth-minded Venus arrives, inviting kinder agreements and collaborative plans that honor independence and real care. —

Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026 How does working with the same Better Call Saul crew help foster that familiarity that’s a prerequisite for a creative and collaborative environment? —

Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 13 June 2026 The collaborative works with young people between the ages of 16 and 24 who are at risk for being part of a gang, being involved in violence or with the criminal justice system. —

Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026 They are expected to be confident but not intimidating, ambitious but not self-promotional, collaborative but not passive, assertive but not aggressive. —

Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026 Through that collaborative effort, Naseej aims to address the challenges of growing textile waste driven by increasing consumption, population growth and the proliferation of fast-fashion retail. —

Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 12 June 2026 Northrop Grumman said the rapid development cycle demonstrates how collaborative manufacturing and design efforts can shorten the path from concept to deployment. —

Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026 Wetzel came to see collaborative songwriting as a way not to mute his point of view but to sharpen it. —

Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 12 June 2026 Then, in July 2021, former Hermès CEO Patrick Thomas joined the board of fellow Californian competitor Mycoworks, which released its first collaborative bag with Hermès later that year, and secured a $125 million cash injection shortly after. —

Bella Webb, Vogue, 11 June 2026

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The move, aimed at securing Finland’s collective defense, roughly doubled NATO’s border with Russia.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
African teams have drawn arguably the toughest assignments in match day 1, with Spain, Portugal, Brazil and Belgium also on their collective fight card.

— Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026