Synonyms of cooperating

cooperating 1 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)
• tieing
• 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

cooperating

2 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cooperating

Adjective

Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, lived with a romantic partner who is transgender and cooperating with authorities, Utah Governor Spencer Cox has said. —Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025

Utah Governor Spencer Cox said on Sunday that Tyler Robinson, the suspect in custody, was not cooperating with investigators. —Brian Bennett, Time, 15 Sep. 2025

And officials say the suspect is not cooperating. —Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025

Cox said people around the suspect, including a roommate, are cooperating. —ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025

Meanwhile, Robinson is due to appear in court on Tuesday, and Cox told NBC that the suspect has not been cooperating with authorities. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025

The governor said that Robinson's family members and his romantic partner, a man who is transitioning from male to female, are cooperating with authorities. —Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025

Investigators also said that the couple began to distance themselves, and within a week had stopped cooperating entirely. —Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025

In the news release, KCKPD said those who police believe to have been involved in the stabbing remained at the scene and were cooperating with investigators. —Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025