COOPERATE Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

cooperate

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kō-ˈä-pə-ˌrāt

as in to collaborate

to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end conservation groups cooperated with state authorities to find a humane way to manage the area's overpopulation of deer

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as in to unite

to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members several industrialized nations cooperated in a trade agreement to reduce or eliminate tariffs

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Recent Examples of cooperate The guard remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators. —

Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026 Will the weather in Pittsburgh cooperate? —

Finch Walker, USA Today, 7 May 2026 Anderson survived the shooting and refused to cooperate with police, authorities said. —

Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 May 2026 But both are cooperating with the international efforts to investigate the source of this outbreak and safely repatriate people from the ship, WHO officials stressed. —

Helen Branswell, STAT, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for cooperate

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Amanda Chapman, Edward Kelley Preschool’s teacher of a decade, stood before the Sacramento City Unified School District board Thursday night and thanked them for collaborating with her and district personnel to create a plan that would allow the parent participation preschool to stay open.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
Sources have told Deadline that Fox was originally unhappy with the creative on Season 14 of the show, but collaborated with the creative team and was ultimately sated.

— Peter White, Deadline, 8 May 2026