COLLABORATING Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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verb

present participle of collaborate

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to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end a trio of museums collaborated to mount this once-in-a-lifetime exhibit of van Gogh's major portraits

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While Murdy notes that Barker is supportive of the approach and collaborating with the team, it was questioned whether a character many see as a target of assault and manipulation would make an appropriate scare actor. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 The Armenian Lebanese interior designer began collaborating with the company in 2020 and most recently enhanced the firm’s Piano Nobile within its historic Via Montenapoleone 23 address in 2024. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 In Iran, Afghans have been attacked by mobs and baselessly accused of collaborating with Israel; some legal residents have had police tear up their documents in front of them. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 31 Aug. 2026 This year, the project’s collaborating artists include musicians James Wilson, Stephen Davis and the all-women Con Brio Quintet. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Sharing components and collaborating on research will help cut costs and speed up development, as well as add efficiency in economy of scale once the vehicles go into production. — ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026 For Gregson-Williams, collaborating with Scott on scenes like Hig’s flight is a matter of finding aural corollaries for directions that come more from Scott’s background as a visual artist. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2026 Roan and Rodrigo have been friends for many years, with both ladies frequently collaborating with producer Dan Nigro. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 31 Aug. 2026 Instead, the agents had, by collaborating amongst themselves, quickly found a way to manufacture answers to cyber challenges without actually solving the questions in the way ExploitGym’s creators had intended. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

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More on Kingdom Kitchen & Grocery At first, Lee imagined a cooperative grocery store that would bring organic, fresh food to underserved neighborhoods.

— April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The driver, identified as 49-year-old Tarequl Ambia of Manchester, stopped after the crash and was cooperative, according to police.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of cooperative

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Steel grilled Hester about breaking the rules to communicate with Grant, the other cooperating witness, while the two were locked up.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Prosecutors noted Wong shared Law’s online petition urging digital forensic companies to stop cooperating with police on Facebook after the security law took effect.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

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Data center backlash is also uniting people from across the political spectrum ahead of the midterm elections.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
At home several center-right parties initially declined to join his coalition, illustrating the challenge of uniting the broader Brazilian right behind his candidacy.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of uniting

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This time, the Atlanta rapper took pen skills and synergetic spirit to co-write the Red Clay short film with Omar Epps.

— DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 2 May 2025
The on-ball creation from LaVine, and the heliocentric offense being built around Jokic, would be a beautiful synergetic match from an on-court standpoint.

— Evan Sidery, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024

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