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

Dalili, who was arrested after traveling to Iran for his father’s funeral, was sentenced to 10 years for allegedly cooperating with a hostile government. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026

Washington has been closely cooperating with interim President Delcy Rodríguez, who served as vice president under Maduro. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 27 July 2026

Sunmaxxing itself is free, but a commercial layer has formed around tracking it, coaching it or substituting for it when the sun is not cooperating. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026

Another son, Ovidio Guzmán López, is also cooperating after being extradited in 2023. — Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

When Loving went into labor, the baby’s heartbeat wasn’t cooperating, so doctors decided an emergency cesarean section was necessary. — Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

All officers involved have been sequestered and are cooperating, according to Ransom. — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2026

Adults cannot make withdrawals on teens’ trust, in this case by asking them to share their life experiences and invest their energy and effort into cooperating with adults, if the adults have not built up their trust account. — Krista Mehari, The Conversation, 23 July 2026

The day after Wells' body was found, Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter said Wells' friends were cooperating with authorities and that investigators did not suspect foul play. — ABC News, 22 July 2026