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cooperation
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of COOPERATION
1
the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters) <a series of televised announcements made in cooperation with the tobacco companies warning teenagers about the hazards of smoking>
Synonyms affiliation, alliance, collaboration, confederation, connection, cooperation, hookup, liaison, linkup, partnership, relation, relationship, tie-up, union
Related Words business, dealings, interaction; exchange, interconnection, interrelation, mutualism, reciprocity, symbiosis; incorporation, integration, merger, unification; affinity, attachment, closeness, intimacy, rapport, sympathy; kinship, oneness, solidarity, togetherness, unity; colleagueship, companionship, company, fellowship; bed, cahoots, league
Near Antonyms breakup, dissolution, disunion; division, parting, separation, severance, split; alienation, divorce, estrangement
Antonyms disaffiliation, dissociation
2
the work and activity of a number of persons who individually contribute toward the efficiency of the whole <everyone's cooperation will make the project go much faster>
Related Words collegiality, fellowship, partnership; community, mutualism, reciprocity, symbiosis; synergism, synergy; communion, cooperativeness, kinship, oneness, solidarity, togetherness, unity
Antonyms noncooperation
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