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rapport

noun

ra-ˈpȯr How to pronounce rapport (audio)
Definition of rapportnext
as in friendship
a friendly relationship marked by ready communication and mutual understanding his good rapport with his students was one of the reasons why the school board named him Teacher of the Year

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Recent Examples of rapport After casting Ryder at the studio’s behest, Di Novi hit it off with the actor, and their rapport led to one of Di Novi’s key early partnerships. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026 The two also developed a strong rapport during camp on and off the practice field. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026 No movie has ever been made worse by Mads Mikkelsen, who plays our Big Bad, while Waller-Bridge has great comedic rapport with Ford as his charmingly roguish sidekick. — Frank Deruggiero, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026 Some companies create employee bonding activities — everything from intermural sports teams to the infamous lounge areas at Google to entice employees to build rapport with one another. — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rapport
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapport
  1. friendship
  2. solidarity
  3. communion
  4. rapprochement
  5. empathy
Noun
  • The two wives soon strike up a tentative friendship as Ye-ji expresses interest in telling Ho-seok’s story — but the group dynamic grows increasingly complicated by their extreme class differences and subtly conflicting desires.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Another chapter digs into Ronson’s rocky friendship with the comedy writer Graham Linehan, whose involvement in the gender-critical movement led him to act out online in ways that Ronson reads as self-destructive.
    — Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of friendship
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  • Sheeran’s supporting acts and his backing band quit the tour in solidarity with Macklemore.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The fight this time centered on the Houthis beginning to target Saudi oil tankers exiting the Red Sea through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in solidarity with Iran's blockade on the Strait of Hormuz.
    — September 18, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of solidarity
Noun
  • The book stresses the importance of the sacraments and other orthodoxy, such as oral confession to a priest and the transubstantiation of Christ’s body and blood when taking communion.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The whole film feels like a communion, or maybe a long conversation about movies among friends and colleagues — a place to think and respond at length, a corrective to the world of social media.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of communion
Noun
  • These days, there has been a rapprochement between Nutt and Arkansas.
    — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The single of the year nomination for the CMAs puts a cap — for now — on Swift’s rapprochement with country music as a genre.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of rapprochement
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  • Even fewer imagine it as a space for empathy, beauty, and environmental responsibility.
    — Connie Etemadi, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Your empathy is useful, Pisces, but don’t leave the facts floating in a cloud of good intentions.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of empathy

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“Rapport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapport. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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