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 police report noted that the driver was not drunk and is cooperating. — Bernard Condon, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026

Two female co-defendants have pleaded guilty and are cooperating with authorities. — John Hanna, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026

The driver of the SUV was not injured and has been cooperating with the investigation. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026

The mission simulates a scenario in which a maneuverable satellite rapidly approaches and inspects another spacecraft that is not cooperating. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 June 2026

Police said the driver of the vehicle drove a short distance after the crash, but quickly returned to the area before officers arrived, and was cooperating with the ongoing investigation. — S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 29 June 2026

The indictment refers to several courses of evidence, including text messages and information connected to unnamed co-conspirators who might cooperating with the feds. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 June 2026

Investigators said Butler, who was injured, showed no signs of intoxication and was cooperating with investigators. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 2 July 2026

Laurie Parker, a producer then working with director Jane Campion as part of a project that Sebold was cooperating with, reached Clapper in 2013. — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026