Synonyms of cooperate

cooperate

verb

kō-ˈä-pə-ˌrāt 

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collaborate
• unite
• join
• conspire
• concur
• concert
• play ball
• combine
• league
• pull together
• team (up)
• band (together)
• make common cause
• conjoin
• affiliate
• connive
• interface
• ally
• confederate
• associate
• hang together

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unite
• collaborate
• merge
• federate
• organize
• coalesce
• cohere
• club
• confederate
• join
• ally
• consolidate
• converge
• pull together
• league
• associate
• close ranks
• band (together)
• combine
• incorporate
• conjoin
• amalgamate
• hang together
• unionize
• group
• affiliate
• link
• team (up)
• tie
• gang up
• conglomerate
• cabal
• knot
• wed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disband
• split
• break up
• separate
• dissolve
• disengage
• segregate
• sever
• detach
• part
• divorce
• fall out
• alienate
• disunite
• sunder
• estrange

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cooperate

Mercury in your 4th House of Home sextiles Venus in your 6th House of Work and Wellness, helping comfort, routines, and helpful conversations cooperate. — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026

Attorneys representing Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo and Morgan Seymour say despite cooperating with investigators, their clients have effectively become pariahs in their hometown and have been subjected to death threats and defamation. — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

The Justice Department has indicted both the Sinaloa governor and the Culiacán mayor for cooperating with the cartel. — Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter said early on that Wells’ friends were cooperating with authorities and that investigators did not suspect foul play. — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026