COOPERATIVENESS Synonyms: 97 Similar and Opposite Words

cooperativeness

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Definition of cooperativeness

as in cooperation

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as in receptiveness

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Noun

The leaders also reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral coordination and operational cooperation within the framework of the Gang Suppression Force.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
But Baltic cooperation would benefit from a more comprehensive minilateral layer resembling NORDEFCO.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of cooperation

Noun

There’s a receptiveness to Helaena that at times can be really funny but also played up the tragedy of her arc this season.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
The team also found that residents in the Sardinian Blue Zone had higher levels of curiosity and receptiveness to new ideas in general, and were more adept at understanding and sharing their emotions.

— Refractor, Refractor, 27 July 2026

Definition of receptiveness

Noun

On Monday, Macklmore kicked off the Free Palestine Tour in Dublin with special guest appearances from Hozier, Kneecap, and Boega, the backing band that dropped out of Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2026
If that sounds familiar, the media ban is similar to what happened to the NBA after then-Rockets GM Daryl Morey sent a 2019 tweet expressing solidarity with pro-Democracy protests in Hong Kong.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of solidarity

Noun

One possibility is a unity government bringing together Netanyahu and Eisenkot.

— Itay Stern, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026
Michigan Democrats are trying to project unity and turn out Black voters ahead of Election Day amid concerns among some party members that Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers could erode the party’s edge among Black voters.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of unity

Noun

Government officials previously said that these 11 families split from a common male-line ancestor some 600 years ago, and are now at least 36 degrees of kinship from Naruhito.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
At first glance, their already tight kinship, and all their many overlapping businesses, suggest that a new SpaceX-Tesla makes sense.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of kinship

Noun

The spiritual oneness with God that Christ Jesus so beautifully demonstrated in his life, is ours to demonstrate as well.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2026
Western scholars also variously understand the concept of brahman in the Upanishads and Advaita Vedanta as a version of monism (the oneness of all things), pantheism (all is god), or panentheism (god is the whole universe and beyond).

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of oneness

Noun

Letters could sustain relationships between people separated by oceans, and sometimes those relationships achieved an intimacy unavailable to people who occupied the same rooms.

— Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
But the relationship was bound to disappoint, given Vucic’s high hopes.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026

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