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

Gonzalez can be seen on a video recorded by a witness cooperating with federal law enforcement explaining how her scheme worked. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

He was transferred out of the jail to a prison for cooperating witnesses. — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Zorro Ranch was sold in 2023 and the current owner is cooperating with law enforcement. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

The witnesses have been cooperating with investigators, police said. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, criticized the state's election officials for not cooperating with the department's demands. — Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026

And there’s a lot to be gained from cooperating on developing superintelligence software, chip design, the TeraFab, obviously robotics, mass to orbit with the Starmind constellation, connectivity. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026

The driver was cooperating with officers, said Moses, the police captain. — Maggie Vespa, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

Procuring rare-earth elements outside China’s supply chains means cooperating with Washington on critical mineral exploration. — Claas Mertens, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026