Synonyms of cooperating

cooperating 1 of 2

adjective

as in collaborating

Related Words

• collaborating
• complementary
• cooperative
• synergetic
• reciprocal
• synergic
• supplementary
• correlative
• synergistic
• supplemental
• mutual
• bilateral
• consensual
• symbiotic
• joint
• collective
• combined
• shared
• united
• communal
• dependent
• two-way
• conjoint
• mutualistic
• common
• consociational
• associational
• commensal
• subsocial

Dissimilar Words

• individual
• noncomplementary
• independent
• nonreciprocal
• autonomous
• solitary
• nonsocial
• semiautonomous
• self-sufficient
• self-contained
• reclusive
• lone
• semi-independent
• self-sustaining
• altricial
• unsociable
• self-supporting
• self-subsistent
• recluse

cooperating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of cooperate

1

as in uniting

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

• collaborating
• uniting
• joining
• conspiring
• concerting
• combining
• playing ball
• concurring
• making common cause
• conjoining
• teaming (up)
• pulling together
• banding (together)
• leaguing
• interfacing
• conniving
• affiliating
• allying
• associating
• confederating
• hanging together

2

as in merging

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

• collaborating
• uniting
• merging
• organizing
• federating
• allying
• coalescing
• consolidating
• cohering
• confederating
• associating
• joining
• converging
• clubbing
• conjoining
• pulling together
• banding (together)
• combining
• incorporating
• linking
• grouping
• leaguing
• closing ranks
• affiliating
• amalgamating
• unionizing
• tying
• teaming (up)
• ganging up
• caballing
• hanging together
• knotting
• conglomerating
• wedding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• splitting
• separating
• disbanding
• dissolving
• segregating
• detaching
• severing
• disengaging
• breaking up
• divorcing
• parting
• alienating
• disuniting
• falling out
• sundering
• estranging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cooperating

Adjective

Rebecca Morgan and Joy Abigail Gibson, who took non-cooperating plea deals ahead of trial, each received a 15-year prison sentence. — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2026

Verb

The woman is cooperating with the House Ethics Committee’s investigation into Gomez, according to her lawyers, Lisa Banks and Sarah Nesbitt. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2026

Court records, however, reveal the cooperating witness, a member of the Cuban-American gang, has been assisting the feds since 2015. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026

The Boston Trust Act, which the federal government unsuccessfully sued the city and mayor over, prevents city police from cooperating with ICE on civil immigration detainers, but still allows for cooperation in certain criminal matters. — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 18 Aug. 2026

The vehicle that struck the pedestrians stayed on scene and the driver was cooperating, the CHP said. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene, called for help and is cooperating with the investigation. — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 16 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