COOPERATIVE Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

kō-ˈä-p(ə-)rə-tiv

Definition of cooperative

as in collaborative

used or done by a number of people as a group a cooperative space project undertaken by Russia and the U.S.

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Recent Examples of cooperative

Adjective

The Community Gardens at Prairie Green is a cooperative partnership between the Geneva Park District, the city of Geneva and the Forest Preserve District of Kane County. — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026 One grocer told our team that two cooperative distributors – which had served smaller, independent grocers – merged and were bought out by a private equity firm. — Michelle Miller, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026

Noun

The cooperative sought to make land accessible to Black farmers in the Mississippi Delta, not just for health, but for economic empowerment. — Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 The concept is also being developed as a solidarity cooperative, a structure in which the community and employees would have ownership in the business. — April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cooperative

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Adjective

Try some new spots during Andersonville Autumn Restaurant Weeks, celebrate Sapori Trattoria’s 25th anniversary in Lincoln Park, or enjoy Southern fare with a collaborative dinner at Lexington Betty.

— Samantha Nelson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Previous editions of the fashion brand and media company’s collaborative party have asked guests to come as Elizabeth Taylor, Princess Diana, and Uma Thurman’s Mia Wallace from Pulp Fiction.

— Simone Cook, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of collaborative

Noun

Wedding was arrested in Mexico in January after federal authorities alleged the former Olympic snowboarder had become the head of a drug trafficking organization.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
The flexible grant money will allow the organization to initiate projects sooner without waiting for government reimbursements, Morrison-North said.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of organization

Adjective

These electrode arrays, which contain anywhere from 128 to just over 200 separate electrodes, record the collective activity of many neurons and send the neural waveforms to a computer for analysis.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
Collaborators arrive from across the globe — Brazilian funkeiro Adame DJ, post-Soviet electro-punk collective Locked Club, Argentine rapper TAICHU, German duo Brutalismus 3000 — but Ridha never loses the thread.

— Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of collective

Noun

Competitive grants should support strong alternatives, including partnerships with effective schools and programs serving midcareer entrants.

— Ilya Shapiro, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Through the partnership, ForgiveCo will acquire and permanently eliminate $1 million in medical debt held by local veterans.

— Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of partnership

Adjective

The arrangements establish closer dialogue on economic policy, cooperation between financial regulators and a joint working group involving the two countries' central banks.

— Rich Percival, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
Working in Brown’s favor is his stadium-conquering joint R&B Tour with Usher, which has reinforced his status as one of the most lucrative touring acts in Black music history.

— Kyle Denis, Billboard, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of joint

Noun

Greg Totten, the association’s CEO and former longtime Ventura County district attorney, also criticized the decision and its impact on victims’ families.

— Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2026
She was drawn to the historical associations of religious persecution.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of association

Adjective

Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX lose over $420 billion in combined market cap after midterms.

— Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
Second, the study compared a combined diet and exercise program with usual care but did not include a group that followed the same diet without supervised exercise.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of combined

Noun

Nattiv based The Liberation on his grandmother Rita—who really had been in a concentration camp as a child, and joined a commune in her adult life.

— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026
In the film, Coon plays Rita Cooper, a Holocaust survivor who abandons her family to join up with a mysterious commune.

— Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026

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