cooperativeness

noun

Definition of cooperativenessnext
1
as in cooperation

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as in receptiveness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooperativeness
  1. cooperation
  2. receptiveness
  3. solidarity
  4. receptivity
  5. unity
  6. kinship
  7. oneness
  8. relationship
Noun
  • The law allows limited exceptions, including cooperation involving people convicted of certain crimes.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2026
  • And the war against Iran has further destabilized the Middle East, hindering cooperation across the region.
    — Pedro Sánchez, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of cooperation
Noun
  • Romance has unlocked within Shy a live-wire receptiveness to her every creative whim.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 11 Nov. 2026
  • 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
Definition of receptiveness
Noun
  • The international solidarity campaign extended beyond sports last month.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Additionally, The Wall Street Journal previously reported that the PMA is worried that if the watchmen went on strike, that other ILWU dockworkers would walk off the job in solidarity.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of solidarity
Noun
  • The right message finds an opening where there is some degree of receptivity.
    — Jon Kirchner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • That spiritual receptivity brings peace, clarity, and even safety to others.
    — Liesl Ehmke, Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2026
Definition of receptivity
Noun
  • But the mood of the post-election call, filled with Democrats feeling left out of the national blue wave, turned around almost immediately when Nixon came on camera from a conference hotel in Denver with her message of unity.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Anitta used her platform to call for unity across the different communities of Latin America and in her home country.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Nov. 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
  • Like father, like son The show’s narrative is centered around the complicated relationship between Vision and his son Tommy Maximoff (Ruaridh Mollica).
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • While Republicans have largely not made Pappas’ sexuality a focus of their political campaigns, the GOP has alleged that Pappas failed to disclose a relationship with a corporate lobbyist.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 2 Nov. 2026
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