collaborator

noun

Definition of collaboratornext
as in accomplice

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Recent Examples of collaborator Over the weekend, a set of shows with frequent collaborator CAPYAC, a surrealist electronic dance band, was canceled in Bristol with no acknowledgment from the venue or any of the parties. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2026 While the technology is still evolving, AI is clearly moving from being a coding assistant to becoming an autonomous collaborator. — Son Nguyen, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 To honor their late friend and collaborator Robert Michael Morris, Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King needed divine intervention. — Lisa Kudrow, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Deacon became a friend and collaborator to Panettiere’s Juliette. — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for collaborator
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collaborator
  1. accomplice
  2. informant
  3. informer
  4. partner
  5. cohort
  6. evidence
Noun
  • Inside the luxury car were Berezovska’s two alleged accomplices – Vladyslav Reut and Vitaliy Zhykovych.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • An internal investigation is underway to determine whether any museum staff had been accomplices.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of accomplice
Noun
  • Remember those jailhouse informants who claimed Kezer had confessed?
    — Peter Henderson, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Detectives relied on confidential informants to bust the operation – an informant who purchased drugs from Robinson blew the operation open.
    — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of informant
Noun
  • One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.
    — Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
  • And so every regime invests in having student informers.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of informer
Noun
  • The InnoAsia Startup Demo Jam sits at the center of the first track, with nine companies, drawn from the open call and international partner recommendations, pitching AI, virtual production and digital-asset technologies to investors and buyers.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The upcoming War seems to be an example of how Sky works with different outside and inside partners.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of partner
Noun
  • As younger cohorts move into peak parenting years, the NRF’s June baseline is likely to keep climbing past the one-third mark.
    — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Bueckers was among a small cohort with the ability to define the next three decades.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of cohort
Noun
  • Dillman and his coconspirator used the funds to pay themselves and to make risky and speculative investments in other cryptocurrency ventures, authorities said, citing other evidence presented at the trial.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The petition for a new trial argues the original accounts were more consistent with the evidence.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of evidence

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“Collaborator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collaborator. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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