COOPERATING Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

cooperating 1 of 2

adjective

as in collaborating

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cooperating

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verb

present participle of cooperate

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

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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

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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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooperating

Adjective

Sincerity and audacity are not opposing forces but complementary ones in this space, and for writers, retro programmers, and other film fans who came of age after midnight at the movies, Curry’s impact persists as its own kind of religion.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026
The complementary setup is intended to prevent defenders from being handcuffed and improve the success rate of their outlet passes.

— Janson Duench, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Instead, the agents had, by collaborating amongst themselves, quickly found a way to manufacture answers to cyber challenges without actually solving the questions in the way ExploitGym’s creators had intended.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
In addition to collaborating on the adaptations of her own books, Todd has also helped adapt another bestseller from Colleen Hoover, serving as producer for Regretting You.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of collaborating

Verb

Donalds now faces the task of uniting his party after what was a bruising primary.

— Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Written by producer and co-showrunner Cassie Pappas, the finale finds all the major players uniting at a secluded gas terminal for an exchange.

— Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of uniting

Adjective

The event reveals the cooperative hunting strategies of orcas, where multiple individuals work together to isolate and subdue large prey.

— Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Swalwell was cooperative with investigators, the outlet said, citing sources on the ground.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of cooperative

Verb

Paramount’s affirmative case is that merging Paramount+ and HBO Max would create a streaming business with the scale to compete with Netflix, Disney and Amazon.

— Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Kavanaugh-Jones previously worked as a film finance agent at CAA before launching Automatik and then merging with Range in 2023.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of merging

Adjective

This time, the Atlanta rapper took pen skills and synergetic spirit to co-write the Red Clay short film with Omar Epps.

— DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 2 May 2025
The on-ball creation from LaVine, and the heliocentric offense being built around Jokic, would be a beautiful synergetic match from an on-court standpoint.

— Evan Sidery, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024

Definition of synergetic

Adjective

Invoking national emergency powers and ‘reciprocal’ levies, Trump layered tariffs on Canadian goods and key sectors worldwide before a Supreme Court ruling voided his most sweeping measures.

— Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Researchers at other local universities had their reciprocal library rights cut off.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Aug. 2026